Posted February 17Feb 17 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). Last week's double bill poll produced 2 clear winners and 2 ties (one each for the best and worst polls). For week 18, Coolio's 'Gangsta's Paradise' (feat. L.V.) easily ran away with best of the week picking up 10 votes, 4 clear of its closest competition, a tie on 6 votes each for Ini Kamoze's 'Here Comes The Hotstepper' and Seal's 'Kiss From A Rose'. Week 19 on the other hand had very spread out votes and the last set of votes from Julian made it a tie for the lead on just 6 votes apiece for Britney Spears' '...Baby One More Time' and Blackstreet's 'No Diggity' (feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen). The flash tiebreak vote on SyncTube was the closest one of those has been to date but Blackstreet prevailed 4-3. The bronze medal was also a tie on 5 votes each for Brandy and Monica's 'The Boy Is Mine' and 2Pac's 'California Love' (feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman). It was week 19 that had the clear winner in the worst poll as Céline Dion and R. Kelly picked up 9 votes for 'I'm Your Angel' (I expect this would be getting hate even without Kelly's involvement), with Boyz II Men filling out the podium, '4 Seasons Of Loneliness' 2nd with 5 votes and 'One Sweet Day' (with Mariah Carey) 3rd with 4 votes. Week 18's worst poll finally produces a tie, and I'm not bothering to break ties for the worst poll so Boyz II Men can claim a victory there with 'On Bended Knee', joint with Michael Jackson's 'You Are Not Alone' on 4 votes each (the latter of course written by R. Kelly, though he missed the podium with his own #1 from that week). Michael thus joins Stevie Wonder in having won both polls. Joint 3rd place all on 3 votes were Silk's 'Freak Me', Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You', Boyz II Men again with 'I'll Make Love To You' and Céline Dion again with 'The Power Of Love'. 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] Week 17 (Jul 1990-Nov 1991): EMF - Unbelievable [9/15] (tied with P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss) Week 18 (Dec 1991-Sep 1995): Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) [10/12] Week 19 (Sep 1995-Feb 1999): Blackstreet - No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) [6/12] (tied with Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time) 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] Week 17 (Jul 1990-Nov 1991): Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman [10/13] Week 18 (Dec 1991-Sep 1995): Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee / Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone [4/12] Week 19 (Sep 1995-Feb 1999): Céline Dion and R. Kelly - I'm Your Angel [9/12] Back to just the one poll this week phew, 43 songs this week covering the 839th through 881st #1s, from early February 1999 (Monica's 'Angel Of Mine') to mid February 2002 (Nickelback's 'How You Remind Me', although the timeframe also includes Usher's 'U Got It Bad' returning to #1 after this). Voting will be open for a week until 4pm on Sunday as usual. *NSYNC - It's Gonna Be Me Aaliyah - Try Again Alicia Keys - Fallin' Cher - Believe Christina Aguilera - Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle Christina Aguilera - What A Girl Wants Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk - Lady Marmalade Crazy Town - Butterfly Creed - With Arms Wide Open Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills Destiny's Child - Bootylicious Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I Destiny's Child - Say My Name Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos Enrique Iglesias - Be With You Janet Jackson - All For You Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real (Murder Remix) (feat. Ja Rule) Joe - Stutter (feat. Mystikal) Lonestar - Amazed Madonna - Music Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker (feat. JAY-Z) Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) Mary J. Blige - Family Affair Matchbox Twenty - Bent Monica - Angel Of Mine Nickelback - How You Remind Me OutKast - Ms. Jackson Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca Santana - Maria Maria (feat. The Product G&B) Santana - Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You Shaggy - Angel (feat. Rayvon) Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent) SisQó - Incomplete TLC - No Scrubs TLC - Unpretty Usher - U Got It Bad Usher - U Remind Me Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want Will Smith - Wild Wild West (feat. Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee)
February 17Feb 17 Author Full results from week 18: Best: Gangsta's Paradise x10 Here Comes The Hotstepper x6 Kiss From A Rose x6 Informer x5 Stay (I Missed You) x5 Waterfalls x5 I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) x3 The Sign x3 Black Or White x2 Take A Bow x2 Again All 4 Love Creep Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Dreamlover I Will Always Love You That's The Way Love Goes Worst: On Bended Knee x4 You Are Not Alone x4 Freak Me x3 I Will Always Love You x3 I'll Make Love To You x3 The Power Of Love x3 All 4 Love x2 All For Love x2 Bump N' Grind x2 How Do You Talk To An Angel x2 Baby Got Back End Of The Road Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? Hero I Swear Take A Bow This Used To Be My Playground Full results from week 19: Best: No Diggity x6 [won tiebreak] ...Baby One More Time x6 The Boy Is Mine x5 California Love x5 Doo Wop (That Thing) x4 Fantasy x3 Wannabe x3 Hypnotize x2 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing x2 Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) x2 MMMBop x2 One Week x2 Together Again x2 Truly Madly Deeply x2 Un-Break My Heart x2 All My Life Always Be My Baby Gettin' Jiggy Wit It Have You Ever? Mo Money Mo Problems My Heart Will Go On Worst: I'm Your Angel x9 4 Seasons Of Loneliness x5 One Sweet Day x4 Can't Nobody Hold Me Down x3 Candle In The Wind 1997 x2 I'll Be Missing You x2 My Heart Will Go On x2 Nice & Slow x2 Because You Loved Me Exhale (Shoop Shoop) Gettin' Jiggy Wit It Honey Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) My All Wannabe ~ My votes for this week: Best: Mary J. Blige - Family Affair OutKast - Ms. Jackson Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent) TLC - No Scrubs Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want Just missing out: 'Try Again', 'Independent Women Part I', 'Genie In A Bottle', 'Butterfly', 'How You Remind Me' and a shoutout to 'Be With You' as a surprisingly good discovery considering I'm not too keen on Enrique in general. Worst: Cher - Believe Creed - With Arms Wide Open Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) Matchbox Twenty avoid this list for at least having a good instrumental. I nearly put TLC on both lists also, not a fan of 'Unpretty'.
February 17Feb 17 Best: Aaliyah - Try Again Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter Lonestar - Amazed Matchbox Twenty - Bent Santana - Maria Maria (feat. The Product G&B) Worst: Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker (feat. JAY-Z) Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°)
February 17Feb 17 Best: Aaliyah - Try Again Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love OutKast - Ms. Jackson Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca Worst: Creed - With Arms Wide Open Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) Nickelback - How You Remind Me
February 17Feb 17 Actually looking back at it this is much stronger than most of the ‘90s sessions - at least some of the really dominant acts like Santana and Destiny’s Child were good. Best: Aaliyah - Try Again Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle Madonna - Music OutKast - Ms. Jackson Mary J. Blige - Family Affair Commiserations: Alicia Keys - Fallin' Crazy Town - Butterfly Destiny's Child - Say My Name Nickelback - How You Remind Me TLC - No Scrubs Worst: Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) SisQó - Incomplete Will Smith - Wild Wild West (feat. Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) Actually there’s much less rubbish here - the Will Smith track isn’t all that bad.
February 17Feb 17 best Fallin' Genie in a Bottle Music No scrubs worst Nickelback Edited February 17Feb 17 by Bjork
February 17Feb 17 Best: Aaliyah - Try Again Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle Mary J. Blige - Family Affair OutKast - Ms. Jackson TLC - No Scrubs Worst: Creed - With Arms Wide Open Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) Sisqó - Incomplete
February 17Feb 17 Best: much better list than the last motley crew, and Matchbox 20 only just miss out here as the US started to have some great chart-toppers that flopped in the UK TLC - Unpretty Cher - Believe Santana - Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) Enrique Iglesias - Be With You Mary J. Blige - Family Affair Worst: unusually every track made my own charts and I liked them all at least a bit so I can only nominate the one that gets on my nerves these days, from unnecessary overplay when there's a way-better cover already existing, and a great original better than any cover: Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk - Lady Marmalade
February 17Feb 17 Cher - Believe Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle Destiny's Child - Bootylicious OutKast - Ms. Jackson TLC - No Scrubs Creed - With Arms Wide Open Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) SisQó - Incomplete
February 17Feb 17 Best: Alicia Keys - Fallin' Cher - Believe Lonestar - Amazed Madonna - Music OutKast - Ms. Jackson Just missing out: 'Try Again', 'Family Affair', 'No Scrubs' Worst - looks like a popular selection: Creed - With Arms Wide Open Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You SisQó - Incomplete
February 19Feb 19 Best Nothing Worst Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk - Lady Marmalade (obviously!) Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent) TLC - No Scrubs
February 19Feb 19 Best Aaliyah - Try Again Mary J. Blige - Family Affair TLC - No Scrubs OutKast - Ms. Jackson Madonna - Music Worst Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent) Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) SisQó - Incomplete
February 23Feb 23 Cher - Believe Mary J. Blige - Family Affair Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle TLC - No Scrubs OutKast - Ms. Jackson worst Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. Joe and 98°) Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You SisQó - Incomplete
February 23Feb 23 Best: Aaliyah - Try Again Cher - Believe Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle Lonestar - Amazed Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love
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