Posted February 2Feb 2 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). Madonna looked to be coming for a comfortable win in the last poll with 'Like A Prayer' but the last few votes saw its lead dwindle to the traditional 1 vote gap, with Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' right on her tail. The bronze medal was shared between Alannah Myles' 'Black Velvet' and Fine Young Cannibals' 'She Drives Me Crazy'. Over on the worst poll we had a first for either poll in that there was a unanimous winner - all 12 people who nominated worst songs picked New Kids On The Block's 'I'll Be Loving You (Forever)' as one of their nominations. Michael Bolton was runner up with only half as many votes for 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You' and the podium was rounded out by Simply Red's 'If You Don't Know Me By Now'. 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] Week 11 (Nov 1979-Aug 1982): Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) [10/12] Week 12 (Sep 1982-Jan 1985): Michael Jackson - Billie Jean [9/16] (tied with Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)) Week 13 (Feb 1985-Jul 1986): Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls [10/15] Week 14 (Jul 1986-Oct 1987): Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms [11/16] Week 15 (Nov 1987-Feb 1989): Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine [10/14] (tied with INXS - Need You Tonight) Week 16 (Feb 1989-Jul 1990): Madonna - Like A Prayer [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] Week 11 (Nov 1979-Aug 1982): Commodores - Still [7/12] Week 12 (Sep 1982-Jan 1985): Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You [9/14] Week 13 (Feb 1985-Jul 1986): Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives [7/11] Week 14 (Jul 1986-Oct 1987): Atlantic Starr - Always [8/12] Week 15 (Nov 1987-Feb 1989): Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go [5/10] Week 16 (Feb 1989-Jul 1990): New Kids On The Block - I'll Be Loving You (Forever) [12/12] Another 40 songs in this poll spanning the 722nd through 761st #1s, from late July 1990 (Glenn Medeiros' 'She Ain't Worth It' (feat. Bobby Brown)) to the end of November 1991 (P.M. Dawn's 'Set Adrift On Memory Bliss'). This poll is very late again due to me being unreliable as ever so it's potentially only open for about 10 hours but if there aren't enough votes by 4pm I'll just leave it open for another week alongside another hopefully more promptly posted poll. x Amy Grant - Baby Baby Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor EMF - Unbelievable Extreme - More Than Words George Michael - Praying For Time Glenn Medeiros - She Ain't Worth It (feat. Bobby Brown) Gloria Estefan - Coming Out Of The Dark Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) James Ingram - I Don't Have The Heart Janet Jackson - Black Cat Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory Karyn White - Romantic Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You Madonna - Justify My Love Mariah Carey - Emotions Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time Mariah Carey - Someday Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (feat. Loleatta Holloway) Maxi Priest - Close To You Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Nelson - (Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Paula Abdul - The Promise Of A New Day Paula Abdul - Rush Rush Prince and New Power Generation - Cream Roxette - Joyride Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song) Surface - The First Time Sweet Sensation - If Wishes Came True Timmy T - One More Try Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Whitney Houston - All The Man That I Need Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight Wilson Phillips - Release Me Wilson Phillips - You're In Love
February 2Feb 2 Author Full results from week 16: Best: Like A Prayer x10 We Didn't Start The Fire x9 Black Velvet x5 She Drives Me Crazy x5 Nothing Compares 2 U x4 Toy Soldiers x4 The Living Years x3 Vogue x3 Cold Hearted x2 Escapade x2 Eternal Flame x2 Listen To Your Heart x2 Straight Up x2 Batdance Hold On It Must Have Been Love Step By Step Worst: I'll Be Loving You (Forever) x12 How Am I Supposed To Live Without You x6 If You Don't Know Me By Now x5 I'll Be Your Everything x4 Lost In Your Eyes x2 Wind Beneath My Wings x2 Baby Don't Forget My Number Batdance Rock On When I See You Smile ~ My votes for this week: Best: C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) EMF - Unbelievable Madonna - Justify My Love Maxi Priest - Close To You Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Not a great week ngl. Can't say there are any really noteworthy near misses (Maxi Priest felt like a scrape to make up 5 here, was between him and P.M. Dawn so I guess honourable mention to them). Worst: Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song) Surface - The First Time Lots of songs I already have no memory of :ph34r:
February 2Feb 2 Best: Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You EMF - Unbelievable Extreme - More Than Words P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Worst: Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
February 2Feb 2 best Justify my love Mariah-Love takes time EMF worst Stevie B Color me Badd-I adore mi amor
February 2Feb 2 Best: Praying for time George Maicheal I’M your baby tonight Justify my love Madonna Amy Grant Baby Baby Prince & NPG Cream
February 2Feb 2 best: George Michael - Praying For Time Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Roxette - Joyride this is the weakest batch so far. George Michael is light-years ahead of everything else as a quality record, but there's about 10 excellent tracks, 10 good ones and then after that there's a pile of very average bland US radio-dominated fodder. And then there's some really terrible records. It's hard to focus on any of them they are so forgettable. But these must be singled out for kudos in being chosen in such a strong field for rubbishness: worst: Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time (for crimes to warbling over a sickly plodding 80's-sounding production) Timmy T - One More Try (for simpering bland-synth self-pity cliched trite that any self-respecting woman would not take you back just for expecting this to win her back) Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman (for taking a stone-soul classic and barking it into the grave like a foghorn testosterone-fuelled seal. Michael Bolton played Upton Country park some years ago, a short 5 minute walk away, and I swear shipping vessels were floundering into sand-banks in the darkness confused by the lighthouse warning foghorn-sounds coming from slightly inland :teresa: ) and when pretty dreary tracks from Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston arent bad enough to make the final 3..........!
February 2Feb 2 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) EMF - Unbelievable Madonna - Justify My Love P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Not the best week x Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
February 2Feb 2 Best: C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) EMF - Unbelievable Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You Madonna - Justify My Love P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Worst: Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song) and this is so ghastly that I won’t vote for anything else though my Top 3 would have been the same as Jim and Chez)
February 2Feb 2 Best EMF - Unbelievable George Michael - Praying For Time That's why I gave last week's session a miss. That and the fact that choosing just three as the worst is a real struggle :( Worst Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Whitney Houston - All The Man That I Need Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry
February 2Feb 2 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You EMF - Unbelievable Extreme - More Than Words Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss I won't pick any for the worst as I wasn't at the session.
February 2Feb 2 Best: George Michael - Praying For Time EMF - Unbelievable Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (feat. Loleatta Holloway) Roxette - Joyride Worst: Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time
February 2Feb 2 Best: C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) EMF - Unbelievable Janet Jackson - Black Cat Madonna - Justify My Love P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Worst: Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
February 2Feb 2 Author We have a clear winner from this poll already :magic: but if any further votes come in today (Jordan?) I'll still count them to the stats x
February 2Feb 2 I quite like both the Whitney tracks, surprised they’re getting such a bad reaction from a couple of folk. Best: Roxette - Joyride P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams) Prince and New Power Generation - Cream Madonna - Justify My Love Worst: Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song) Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor
February 2Feb 2 Best: Extreme - More Than Words Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You Madonna - Justify My Love Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (feat. Loleatta Holloway) P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Worst: Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor Paula Abdul - Rush Rush Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
February 3Feb 3 Best: Amy Grant - Baby Baby Extreme - More Than Words Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (feat. Loleatta Holloway) P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss Worst: Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
February 3Feb 3 Best: Paula Abdul: Rush Rush Timmy T: One More Try Sweet Sensation: If Wishes Came True Worst: Michael Bolton George Michael Color Me Badd
February 5Feb 5 If the votes since Sunday (23:59 GMT) were to count, looks like it would be a tie :drama:
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