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In lieu of the previous SyncTube sessions' weekly polls cutting each week's songs down to a list of 10 options to vote for because no one volunteered to do the work to make such curated lists, for our Hot 100 #1s marathon I'm just going to post one of these threads each week allowing people to vote for whichever songs they want from the full list x

 

If you don't know what the above sentence is referring to don't worry, this thread is open to participation from anyone (although we're always open to new participants at our weekly listening sessions x), just post in the thread with up to 5 favourites and, if you want, up to 3 least favourites from the below song list. The song with the most favourite nods will get a play at the start of next week's session (and the song with the most least favourite nods will just have a permanent place on a wall of shame for funziez).

 

Week 10 saw our first song to get 10 votes for best of the week, and the first to win the poll by a margin of more than 1 vote - Blondie's 'Heart Of Glass' doing so, ahead of The Knack's 'My Sharona' in 2nd place with 8 votes (enough to win most weeks). Bee Gees rounded out the top 3 with 7 votes for 'Stayin' Alive' (they got a total of 13 votes including 4 for 'Tragedy' and 2 for 'Night Fever' as well). It was a comfortable win on the worst poll for Debby Boone's snoozer and inexplicably massive hit 'You Light Up My Life' getting 9 votes, ahead of Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond's similarly drab 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' on 6 votes and a tie for third place on 4 votes each for Nick Gilder's song that I don't want to keep typing the title of and Commodores' 'Three Times A Lady'.

 

Wall of Fame

Week 1 (Aug 1958-Apr 1962): Percy Faith - Theme From "A Summer Place" [7/9]

Week 2 (May 1962-Aug 1964): The Tornados - Telstar [7/9]

Week 3 (Aug 1964-Feb 1967): Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence [7/13]

Week 4 (Feb 1967-Feb 1970): The Doors - Light My Fire [6/10]

Week 5 (Feb 1970-Jun 1971): Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water [6/9] (tied with The Beatles - Let It Be)

Week 6 (Jun 1971-Jun 1973): Stevie Wonder - Superstition [8/13]

Week 7 (Jul 1973-Nov 1974): Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run [8/13]

Week 8 (Nov 1974-Mar 1976): Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle [8/13] (tied with KC And The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It))

Week 9 (Mar 1976-Sep 1977): Fleetwood Mac - Dreams [7/12]

Week 10 (Oct 1977-Nov 1979): Blondie - Heart Of Glass [10/13]

 

Wall of Shame

Week 1 (Aug 1958-Apr 1962): Larry Verne - Mr. Custer [8/9]

Week 2 (May 1962-Aug 1964): Steve Lawrence - Go Away Little Girl [5/8]

Week 3 (Aug 1964-Feb 1967): SSgt Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets [9/11]

Week 4 (Feb 1967-Feb 1970): The Rascals - People Got To Be Free [2/6]

Week 5 (Feb 1970-Jun 1971): The Osmonds - One Bad Apple [5/7]

Week 6 (Jun 1971-Jun 1973): Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl [11/13]

Week 7 (Jul 1973-Nov 1974): Ray Stevens - The Streak [8/11]

Week 8 (Nov 1974-Mar 1976): Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly [3/8]

Week 9 (Mar 1976-Sep 1977): Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) [7/10]

Week 10 (Oct 1977-Nov 1979): Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life [9/12]

 

44 songs this week covering the 475th through 518th #1s, from mid November 1979 (Eagles' 'Heartache Tonight') to the end of August 1982 (Survivor's 'Eye Of The Tiger'). Sorry the thread is so late again this week, I'll wait and see how many people get votes in in the next ~15 hours and if there are still a few regulars left to vote I'll leave it open for another week.

 

Air Supply - The One That You Love

Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love

Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

Blondie - Call Me

Blondie - Rapture

Blondie - The Tide Is High

Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time

Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Christopher Cross - Sailing

Commodores - Still

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes

Diana Ross - Upside Down

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

Eagles - Heartache Tonight

Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

The J. Geils Band - Centerfold

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll

John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

KC And The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go

Kenny Rogers - Lady

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Kool & The Gang - Celebration

Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown

Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Olivia Newton-John - Magic

Olivia Newton-John - Physical

Paul McCartney - Coming Up

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

Sheena Easton - 9 To 5

Stars On 45 - Stars On 45

Styx - Babe

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire

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Full results from week 10:

 

Best:

Heart Of Glass x10

My Sharona x8

Stayin' Alive x7

Hot Stuff x5

I Will Survive x5

Pop Muzik x4

Tragedy x4

Le Freak x3

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough x2

Good Times x2

Knock On Wood x2

Night Fever x2

Grease

If I Can't Have You

Kiss You All Over

Ring My Bell

With A Little Luck

You're The One That I Want

 

Worst:

You Light Up My Life x9

You Don't Bring Me Flowers x6

Hot Child In The City x4

Three Times A Lady x4

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? x3

(Love Is) Thicker Than Water

Reunited

Ring My Bell

Sad Eyes

 

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My votes for this week:

 

Best:

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

 

Very tough to whittle down to 5, last songs I cut were 'Call Me', 'Chariots Of Fire' and 'Eye Of The Tiger', all classics :'(

 

Worst:

Commodores - Still

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Kenny Rogers - Lady

 

Just picking the most boring songs this week, although it was tempting to put 'Ebony And Ivory' on there too.

Best:

Christopher Cross - Sailing

Kool & The Gang - Celebration

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

 

Worst:

Commodores - Still

best Human League

worst Ebony & Ivory, Woman in Love

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

 

Worst

Commodores - Still

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

 

Best:

 

Diana Ross - Upside Down

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

just missing out: all three Blondie songs, 'I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)' and 'Endless Love' (this better not win the worst poll)

 

Worst:

 

Air Supply - The One That You Love

Commodores - Still

Kenny Rogers - Lady

Best:

Funkytown

Call Me

Don’t You Want Me

Another Brick In The Wall

Upside Down

 

Worst:

Ebony And Ivory

Still

Lady

 

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire

 

Very hard, 9 to 5, Another One Bites the Dust, I Love Rock & Roll & Don't You Want Me all just missing out </3

 

Commodores - Still

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Stars On 45 - Stars On 45

 

Best

 

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Blondie - Call Me

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire

 

 

Worst

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love

 

Blondie - Rapture

Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

 

Worst:

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

Kenny Rogers - Lady

Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

Best:

Blondie - Call Me

Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

 

:wub:

 

Worst:

Commodores - Still

Kenny Rogers - Lady

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

Best:

Diana Ross - Upside Down

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Stars On 45 - Stars On 45

 

Worst:

Air Supply - The One That You Love

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory

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^ technically a little bit late as I already played the winner on SyncTube but those votes don't change the winner(s) so I'll count them for the official stats :magic: (no more votes tho pls x)

sorry Im on holiday and just saw the list, so I'm having msay anyway

 

best:

 

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Diana Ross - Upside Down

 

worst:

 

Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 striking a blow against feminism before she saw the naughty light

Technically the Coming Up number one was Wings doing a live version - The USA having none of that experimental synth 'rubbish' on his second solo album so I'm nominating that one out of spite for having cultural bad taste.

Air Supply - The One That You Love - Air Supply had 3 great singles. This one wasnt one of them...

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Go on then, that also doesn't change the winners so I'll count it too. New poll going up shortly anyhoo!

 

(and whoops I didn't know that about 'Coming Up', although according to Wikipedia Billboard didn't officially list it as the live version until after it already dropped off #1)

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