Welcome to Week 15 of these polls! :jump:

 

Results from Week 14:

 

The best poll was always going to be very competitive this week and indeed no fewer than 4 songs reached double figures in the voting. "Common People", "Born Slippy" and "A Design For Life" all gained 11 votes to be joint 2nd, but it was "Children" by Robert Miles which secured the win with 13.

 

The runaway winner of the worst poll with 13 votes was the appropriately titled "Why" by 3T featuring Michael Jackson, despite such profound thought provoking lyrics as "Why does Monday come before Tuesday"?

 

Best poll winners

week 1: Percy Faith - Theme From 'A Summer Place'

week 2: Petula Clark - Downtown

week 3: The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

week 4: The Beatles - Let It Be

week 5: Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

week 6: Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas

week 7: Ultravox - Vienna

week 8: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

week 9: A-ha - Take On Me

week 10: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

week 11: DNA ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

week 12: The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient

week 13: Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me

week 14: Robert Miles - Children

 

Worst poll winners

week 1: Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love

week 2: Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King

week 3: Cliff Richard - Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)

week 4: Ray Stevens - Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues)

week 5: Marie Osmond - Paper Roses

week 6: Our Kid - You Just Might See Me Cry / Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More

week 7: Star Sound - Stars On 45 (Volume 2)

week 8: Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home

week 9: Black Lace - Agadoo

week 10: Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding - Full Metal Jacket (I Want To Be Your Drill Instructor)

week 11: Madonna - Hanky Panky

week 12: Gazza and Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (Revisited)

week 13: Nick Berry - Heartbeat / Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting - All For Love

week 14: 3T ft. Michael Jackson - Why

Best: went for Bitter Sweet Symphony, Ecuador, Tubthumping, Sunchyme and Stand By Me

 

Worst: I Shot The Sheriff and Just The Two Of Us - let the boybands off this time!

Voted for Sash! - Encore Une Fois and The Verve, with Blur and Oasis (what a combination) just missing out.

 

None of those #2s are awful, but Warren G's cover and the Backstreet Boys' highest charting UK hit from their Backstreet's Back album are so forgettable it's untrue.

Throwing all of my weight behind Dario G this week :wub:

 

Will Smith for worst

Went with Encore Une Fois, Song 2, Bitter Sweet Symphony, Freed From Desire, Tubthumping and Sunchyme. Could've voted Lovefool, Torn or Ray of Light as well, very good week for highlights x

 

Also went for Warren G and Will Smith for worst - the boyband ones weren't good, but I've forgotten them already, these two were especially pointless and dated.

Votes for Dario G, Natalie Imbruglia and Madonna but could have gone for several others again. And Will Smith for worst, absolute naff x

Song 2, Lovefool, Verve and Tubthumping the best

but could also have voted for Torn and Stand by Me

 

worst Boyzone murdering Tracy Chapman :/ good I missed that bit and didn't get to hear it :D biggest injustice when the original flopped at #94 and then Boyzone's rancid cover goes to #2

Song 2, Lovefool, Verve and Tubthumping the best

but could also have voted for Torn and Stand by Me

 

worst Boyzone murdering Tracy Chapman :/ good I missed that bit and didn't get to hear it :D biggest injustice when the original flopped at #94 and then Boyzone's rancid cover goes to #2

Tubthumping, Torn, Ray Of Light, Bittersweet Symphony as top tunes, and Backstreet Boys Boyzone entry 1 for worst...

Disappointed that I am the only person to vote for The Boy is Mine. It's 'all-time' great.

I nearly voted for 'The Boy Is Mine' as well, not really a song I tend to think of as an all time fave but it sounded great in the listenthrough yesterday!

Disappointed that I am the only person to vote for The Boy is Mine. It's 'all-time' great.

I did think of you when I included it in the shortlist x

I wasn't able to be there on Sunday.

 

It is my favourite R'N'B song ever. The production blows me away! Beautiful voices and a great, great melody. I know we could all say that about many other songs.

Edited September 25, 20231 yr by Colm

Best: Verve, Sash! (Ecuador), Dario G

Worst: Boyzone (IIAW)

Actually quite surprised at the poll winner this week!

16 voters is a bit down on the last few weeks - anyone not yet voted?

Me, I forgot again. Voted now for Bittersweet Symphony, Encore Une Fois and Sunchyme.

 

I Shot The Sheriff and Just The Two Of Us for the worst.

Join us at 4pm for the final listening session to cover the 20th century!

 

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