Peoples Pop Polls: Black Pop History 82-85

a fitting result, because let’s be real, we all know what the figure 8 stands for: those lovely lady lumps!

Vote Onyeabor (and whatever you fancy from the As)

Look, all of these songs are good, but only "No UFOs" created a whole genre of music, so you should vote for that (and an A-side I guess).

so a top 8 without surprises but a top 4 full of ‘em - with “The Message” the only expected one, the other three
I would have put money on being in the bottom 4.

also: both my remaining picks are still in it!

Go on, have a vote, you know you want to

There goes the chance of having 2 winners with a near identical opening. Also means of the original 11 Minneapolis entries, Just Be Good To Me is the last one standing and so Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis triumph over their former boss (& a last laugh - he sacked them for missing a gig while producing it)

two women are dancing in a dark room and one is wearing a white top Alt: two women are dancing in a dark room and one is wearing a white top. They are both Patrice Rushen.

4 absolute belters for the A-Sides!! But I just had to go with…

Fans of ranked choice voting, my apologies, it was perhaps more democratically valid but it was also more of a pain in the arse

every vote for this was a vote for mick and we all know it, they're fooling no one

Black Pop 1982-1985 GRAND FINAL Welcome to the Black Pop History 1982-1985 poll, where we're polling the best Black music of the early 80s to determine the ULTIMATE TRACK of that era. This is the GRAND FINAL - you vote for your fav...

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Black Pop 1982-1985 GRAND FINAL Welcome to the Black Pop History 1982-1985 poll, where we're polling the best Black music of the early 80s to determine the ULTIMATE TRACK of that era. This is the GRAND FINAL - you vote for your fav...

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Black Pop 1982-1985 GRAND FINAL Welcome to the Black Pop History 1982-1985 poll, where we're polling the best Black music of the early 80s to determine the ULTIMATE TRACK of that era. This is the GRAND FINAL - you vote for your fav...

#BPHM8285 THE GRAND FINAL

Here you go - 48 hours to vote, 1 vote in each of the A-Side and B-Side finals in the

🪩BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 POLL🪩

Grandmaster Flash v Patrice Rushen v Sade v SOS Band!

Model 500 v Shannon v Smiley Culture v William Onyeabor!

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yeah, I should’ve focused on what I like about this excellent song instead of what I don't like about the cover 😅

Which means our B-Side Grand Finalists are!

SHANNON - "Give Me Tonight"
WILLIAM ONYEABOR - "Good Name"
MODEL 500 - "No UFOs (Instrumental Mix)"
SMILEY CULTURE - "Police Officer"

Four tracks, four genres! Let the best banger win

YouTube video by Claudi Eini Change - Change Of Heart (1984)

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5. CHANGE - "Change Of Heart" (1984 🥉)
172 points, 22 votes
High: 2nd (20v)
Low: 5th (FINAL)

"Total no brainer for me! Love it!"

"It's my nom, and should perhaps have suffered an early exit in the A Sides (but I'm rather glad it didn't)"

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Patrice Rushen is still there!! 🥳🤩🥳🤩

Darling Nikki might have crashed the party. Everyone loves it AND it’s not something you’d hear at the grocery store (or at least not any that I shop at).

YouTube video by Coolfunk Zézé 2 Valentine Brothers - Money's Too Tight (To Mention) " 12" Soul-Disco-Funk 1982 "

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6. THE VALENTINE BROTHERS - "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)" (1982 🥇)
157 points, 25 votes
High: 5th (20v)
Low: 10th (60v)

Kings of 82 B-Sides!

"It’s a great track and I bought it before the Simply Red cover"

"It puts Mick Hucknall to shame."

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YouTube video by BrownPrider Funk Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor

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7. MIDNIGHT STAR - "No Parking (On The Dancefloor)" (1983 🥈)
146 points, 23 votes
High: 7th (FINAL)
Low: 12th (20v)

"On some level Midnight Star honestly belong in A-sides... but all the better to get the win here I guess"

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YouTube video by SNEAKY014 I Need A Freak - Sexual Harrassment

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8. SEXUAL HARRASSMENT - "I Need A Freak" (1982 🥈)
143 points (2 12s), 27 votes
High: 5th (40v)
Low: 12th (20v)

"simply the definitive statement on its topic, and if it's good enough for fergie it's good enough for me"

(Highest playoff survivor!)

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I wonder if their massive run last time told against it a bit? It was never a contender (the points gap between this and Grace is pretty huge) and that surprised me too

Yeah I think either Purple Rain or When Doves Cry would be there if we hadn't polled them already (and might well start the final as favourites)

Not gonna lie, it’s kinda silly to have a Black music 82-85 final four without Prince or MJ but I’m also not mad about it.

Woah. Fully expected this to be a top 3 contender.

Relive the joy and heartbreak of the #16-#9 countdown, from Wish & Fonda Rae to Cybotron...

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a sign that says no parking on the dance floor on it ALT: a sign that says no parking on the dance floor on it

#BPHM8285 COUNTDOWN DAY 4 - THE B-SIDES!

We know the A-Side finalists, now here's #5-#8 on the B-Sides of

BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985

Full results on the spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

So the A-Sides final four are

"Forget-Me-Nots"
"Just Be Good To Me"
"Smooth Operator"
"The Message"

all of which got 40+ votes! And you'll be voting for the winner as soon as I've done the B-Side countdown...

…and no skin left at all now. Here’s my 12 pointer. Didn’t seriously expect it to win though.

I assumed Grace and Pointers would both be higher. But this means I voted for the entire top 6, wow. Almost no skin left in this game.

"HE is great: the greatest artist of this era and this is his best unpolled song, a title that now passes to Little Red Corvette." "I said this before during #UncoolTwo50, but: One of the best intros of all time. One of the best endings of all time. And everything in between ain’t too shabby, either!"

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