Albums and Songs of 1985 Poll

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Re: Albums and Songs of 1985 Poll

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And here are the song results!

[1] Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill": 33 votes, 1328.84 points
[2] Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World": 30 votes, 1160.9 points
[3] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey": 30 votes, 1009.76 points
[4] Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)": 28 votes, 841.31 points
[5] Prince and the Revolution - "Raspberry Beret": 25 votes, 793.81 points
[6] The Cure - "Close to Me": 28 votes, 733.59 points
[7] Tom Waits - "Downtown Train": 22 votes, 697.16 points
[8] The Cure - "In Between Days": 26 votes, 645.3 points
[9] Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls": 24 votes, 636.38 points
[10] The Smiths - "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side": 24 votes, 619.77 points

[11] Madonna - "Into the Groove": 29 votes, 599.85 points
[12] The Waterboys - "The Whole of the Moon": 19 votes, 549.02 points
[13] Kate Bush - "Hounds of Love": 20 votes, 524.53 points
[14] Dire Straits - "Brothers in Arms": 15 votes, 502.77 points
[15] Tom Waits - "Time": 14 votes, 499.68 points
[16] Kate Bush - "Cloudbusting": 20 votes, 470.13 points
[17] Tom Waits - "Jockey Full of Bourbon": 14 votes, 433.71 points
[18] The Replacements - "Bastards of Young": 19 votes, 428.46 points
[19] Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels": 18 votes, 383.89 points
[20] The Pogues - "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda": 11 votes, 380.47 points

[21] Talking Heads - "Road to Nowhere": 20 votes, 353.68 points
[22] Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing": 22 votes, 342.89 points
[23] Talking Heads - "And She Was": 18 votes, 310.86 points
[24] Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Don't Come Around Here No More": 13 votes, 302.24 points
[25] Prefab Sprout - "Goodbye Lucille #1": 12 votes, 290.93 points
[26] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Tupelo": 12 votes, 283.91 points
[27] Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It": 13 votes, 283.39 points
[28] The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary": 15 votes, 271.92 points
[29] Suzanne Vega - "Marlene on the Wall": 9 votes, 255.98 points
[30] Siouxsie and The Banshees - "Cities in Dust": 16 votes, 244.83 points
[31] R.E.M. - "Driver 8": 15 votes, 220.56 points
[32] The Replacements - "Here Comes a Regular": 11 votes, 218.38 points
[33] Simply Red - "Holding Back the Years": 11 votes, 215.45 points
[34] John Mellencamp - "Small Town": 9 votes, 207.14 points
[35] The Pogues - "Sally MacLennane": 11 votes, 206.16 points
[36] Katrina and The Waves - "Walking on Sunshine": 7 votes, 204.8 points
[37] Whitney Houston - "How Will I Know": 12 votes, 199.2 points
[38] The Cure - "A Night Like This": 8 votes, 187.57 points
[39] New Order - "Love Vigilantes": 11 votes, 175.14 points
[40] Madonna - "Crazy for You": 17 votes, 170.41 points
[41] Sade - "The Sweetest Taboo": 14 votes, 168.63 points
[42] The Dream Academy - "Life in a Northern Town": 16 votes, 167.75 points
[43] Prince and the Revolution - "Pop Life": 14 votes, 166.14 points
[44] Run-D.M.C. - "King of Rock": 9 votes, 164.66 points
[45] Echo and the Bunnymen - "Bring On the Dancing Horses": 12 votes, 164.26 points
[46] Grace Jones - "Slave to the Rhythm": 12 votes, 164.15 points
[47] LL Cool J - "I Can't Live Without My Radio": 9 votes, 160.13 points
[48] R.E.M. - "Life And How To Live It": 5 votes, 152.32 points
[49] Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love": 13 votes, 151.6 points
[50] Huey Lewis and The News - "The Power of Love": 15 votes, 148.98 points
[51] Dire Straits - "So Far Away": 10 votes, 148.46 points
[52] The Fall - "I Am Damo Suzuki": 4 votes, 144.05 points
[53] Mr. Mister - "Broken Wings": 12 votes, 142.06 points
[54] Tom Waits - "Clap Hands": 9 votes, 137.53 points
[55] The Smiths - "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore": 9 votes, 136.79 points
[56] A-ha - "The Sun Always Shines on TV": 11 votes, 136.7 points
[57] Prefab Sprout - "Appetite": 8 votes, 135.73 points
[58] Marillion - "Kayleigh": 11 votes, 134.52 points
[59] New Order - "The Perfect Kiss": 9 votes, 128.25 points
[60] Dire Straits - "Walk of Life": 12 votes, 124.38 points
[61] Tom Waits - "Hang Down Your Head": 6 votes, 123.03 points
[62] Kate Bush - "The Big Sky": 8 votes, 121.93 points
[63] The Cure - "Push": 6 votes, 121.75 points
[64] Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill": 9 votes, 120.93 points
[65] Cocteau Twins - "Aikea-Guinea": 4 votes, 120.57 points
[66] Sting - "Russians": 9 votes, 120.11 points
[67] Matia Bazar - "Ti Sento": 5 votes, 119.13 points
[68] The Pogues - "Dirty Old Town": 9 votes, 117.98 points
[69] Eurythmics - "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)": 12 votes, 115.91 points
[70] The Pogues - "A Pair of Brown Eyes": 9 votes, 114.22 points
[71] The Chameleons - "Nostalgia": 2 votes, 113.04 points
[72] Whitney Houston - "Greatest Love of All": 6 votes, 110.22 points
[73] Falco - "Jeanny": 3 votes, 109.63 points
[74] Camper Van Beethoven - "Take the Skinheads Bowling": 13 votes, 107.34 points
[75] Big Audio Dynamite - "E=MC²": 2 votes, 105.88 points
[76] Heart - "These Dreams": 5 votes, 105.85 points
[77] The Smiths - "The Headmaster Ritual": 8 votes, 105.49 points
[78] Killing Joke - "Love Like Blood": 12 votes, 104.63 points
[79] Renaud - "Mistral Gagnant": 4 votes, 104.4 points
[80] Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry": 12 votes, 104.07 points
[81] Whitney Houston - "All at Once": 2 votes, 104 points
[82] Koko Taylor - "Beer Bottle Boogie": 2 votes, 103.3 points
[83] Billy Bragg - "Between the Wars": 5 votes, 103.12 points
[84] The Chills - "This Is The Way": 2 votes, 102.29 points
[85] Cyndi Lauper - "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough": 2 votes, 102.27 points
[86] Eurythmics - "Adrian": 2 votes, 101.32 points
[87] Daryl Hall & John Oates - "Method of Modern Love": 1 vote, 100 points
[88] Paul Young - "Every Time You Go Away": 8 votes, 98.32 points
[89] Prefab Sprout - "Bonny": 5 votes, 97.71 points
[90] Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus": 8 votes, 97.09 points
[91] The Replacements - "Left of the Dial": 5 votes, 96.49 points
[92] Prince and the Revolution - "Paisley Park": 4 votes, 95.58 points
[93] The Smiths - "Meat Is Murder": 6 votes, 92.88 points
[94] INXS - "What You Need": 5 votes, 92.56 points
[95] Stevie Wonder - "Part-Time Lover": 10 votes, 91.51 points
[96] Fine Young Cannibals - "Johnny Come Home": 8 votes, 91.27 points
[97] Kate Bush - "Jig of Life": 6 votes, 90.9 points
[98] Prince and the Revolution - "She's Always in My Hair": 2 votes, 87.5 points
[99] Faith No More - "We Care a Lot": 8 votes, 84.24 points
[100] Tom Waits - "Gun Street Girl": 4 votes, 82.65 points

[101] David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - "This Is Not America": 10 votes, 82.38 points
[102] Robert Wyatt - "Alliance": 3 votes, 81.61 points
[103] John Fogerty - "Centerfield": 7 votes, 79.89 points
[104] Tom Waits - "Tango Till They're Sore": 3 votes, 79.66 points
[105] Bryan Ferry - "Don't Stop The Dance": 2 votes, 78.57 points
[106] Ry Cooder - "Canción mixteca": 3 votes, 77.84 points
[107] Depeche Mode - "Shake the Disease": 9 votes, 77.43 points
[108] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Taste The Floor": 2 votes, 77.33 points
[109] The Force MDs - "Tender Love": 2 votes, 76.79 points
[110] Ry Cooder - "Paris, Texas": 7 votes, 76.73 points
[111] Frank Boeijen Groep - "Kronenburg Park": 3 votes, 76.25 points
[114] A-ha - "Take on Me": 1 vote, 75 points
[114] Cicero Blake - "Dip My Dipper": 1 vote, 75 points
[114] Marillion - "Heart Of Lothian": 1 vote, 75 points
[114] Prince and the Revolution - "Neon Telephone": 1 vote, 75 points
[114] Utopia - "Mated": 1 vote, 75 points
[117] Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs": 4 votes, 74.17 points
[118] Tom Waits - "9th & Hennepin": 3 votes, 72.89 points
[119] Kate Bush - "And Dream of Sheep": 6 votes, 72.69 points
[120] Flash And The Pan - "Midnight Man": 2 votes, 70.34 points
[121] Hüsker Dü - "Books About UFOs": 4 votes, 69.87 points
[122] Aretha Franklin - "Freeway of Love": 5 votes, 69.87 points
[123] R.E.M. - "Auctioneer (Another Engine)": 2 votes, 69.09 points
[124] Whitney Houston - "Saving All My Love for You": 6 votes, 68.9 points
[125] The Hooters - "And We Danced": 5 votes, 68.84 points
[126] USA for Africa - "We Are the World": 8 votes, 68.46 points
[127] Prince and the Revolution - "The Ladder": 4 votes, 67.72 points
[128] The Cure - "Sinking": 3 votes, 66.91 points
[129] Felt - "Primitive Painters": 7 votes, 66.82 points
[130] Model 500 - "No UFO's": 3 votes, 62.34 points
[131] Miami Sound Machine - "Conga": 8 votes, 62.25 points
[132] Barrington Levy - "Here I Come": 4 votes, 61.89 points
[133] Doug E. Fresh - "La-Di-Da-Di": 5 votes, 61.72 points
[134] Simple Minds - "Alive and Kicking": 10 votes, 60.86 points
[136] Hüsker Dü - "Green Eyes": 1 vote, 60 points
[136] Madonna - "Gambler": 1 vote, 60 points
[136] The Style Council - "Boy Who Cried Wolf": 1 vote, 60 points
[138] The Style Council - "Walls Come Tumbling Down": 7 votes, 59.59 points
[139] The Pogues - "Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn": 6 votes, 59.37 points
[140] Dionne Warwick - "That's What Friends Are For": 5 votes, 59.18 points
[141] Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians - "My Wife and My Dead Wife": 4 votes, 57.97 points
[142] James Brown - "Living in America": 6 votes, 57.12 points
[143] Dukes of Stratosphear - "The Mole From the Ministry": 3 votes, 56.82 points
[144] Prefab Sprout - "Faron Young": 7 votes, 56.63 points
[145] The Fall - "L.A.": 3 votes, 56.51 points
[146] The Pogues - "I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day": 3 votes, 56.05 points
[147] Eurythmics - "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)": 6 votes, 55.94 points
[148] Meat Puppets - "Up on the Sun": 3 votes, 55.88 points
[149] The Cure - "Kyoto Song": 4 votes, 54.42 points
[150] Dukes of Stratosphear - "My Love Explodes": 2 votes, 54.29 points
[151] Bryan Ferry - "Slave to Love": 10 votes, 53.92 points
[152] The Velvet Underground - "Ocean": 2 votes, 53.61 points
[153] Utopia - "Mimi Gets Mad": 2 votes, 52.93 points
[154] The Smiths - "Well I Wonder": 4 votes, 52.76 points
[155] Tina Turner - "We Don't Need Another Hero": 5 votes, 52.32 points
[156] The Fall - "Cruiser's Creek": 6 votes, 50.15 points
[159] Alex Chilton - "Thank You John": 1 vote, 50 points
[159] Barrington Levy - "Under Mi Sensi": 1 vote, 50 points
[159] Bruce Springsteen - "Glory Days": 1 vote, 50 points
[159] Bruce Springsteen - "Trapped (live)": 1 vote, 50 points
[159] Les Misérables - Original London Cast - "Master Of The House": 1 vote, 50 points
[162] Ramones - "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg": 4 votes, 49.69 points
[163] The Outfield - "Your Love": 5 votes, 49.48 points
[164] Tenor Saw - "Ring the Alarm": 7 votes, 48.95 points
[165] John Cale - "Dying on the Vine": 4 votes, 48.35 points
[166] Hüsker Dü - "Terms of Psychic Warfare": 4 votes, 47.81 points
[167] Zapp - "Computer Love": 3 votes, 47.79 points
[168] Pet Shop Boys - "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)": 8 votes, 46.61 points
[169] Tom Waits - "Singapore": 3 votes, 46.25 points
[170] Eurythmics - "Would I Lie to You?": 9 votes, 46.08 points
[171] Kamikaze Sex Pilots - "Sharon's Been Deflowered": 2 votes, 45.83 points
[172] Mötley Crüe - "Home Sweet Home": 5 votes, 45.55 points
[173] Hüsker Dü - "Celebrated Summer": 5 votes, 44.68 points
[174] Tom Waits - "Big Black Mariah": 3 votes, 44.67 points
[175] Dead Can Dance - "The Cardinal Sin": 2 votes, 44.35 points
[176] Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - "Cut Me Down": 2 votes, 44.18 points
[177] Sade - "Is It a Crime?": 4 votes, 43.76 points
[178] The Velvet Underground - "Stephanie Says": 6 votes, 43.04 points
[179] Heart - "Never": 3 votes, 42.91 points
[182] Dramarama - "Anything, Anything": 1 vote, 42.86 points
[182] Jan Hammer - "Miami Vice Theme": 1 vote, 42.86 points
[182] Pete Townshend - "Face The Face": 1 vote, 42.86 points
[182] The Velvet Underground - "Lisa Says": 1 vote, 42.86 points
[182] Titi Winterstein Quintett - "Milko": 1 vote, 42.86 points
[185] Paul Hardcastle - "19": 6 votes, 42.84 points
[186] Commodores - "Nightshift": 3 votes, 42.6 points
[187] The Clash - "This Is England": 4 votes, 42.43 points
[188] Dire Straits - "Your Latest Trick": 5 votes, 42.37 points
[189] Wayne Smith - "Under Me Sleng Teng": 4 votes, 41.74 points
[190] Dukes of Stratosphear - "25 O'Clock": 2 votes, 41.67 points
[191] R.E.M. - "Crazy": 3 votes, 41.67 points
[192] The Highwaymen - "Highwayman": 4 votes, 41.55 points
[193] Simply Red - "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)": 5 votes, 40.48 points
[194] Lionel Richie - "Say You, Say Me": 4 votes, 40.06 points
[195] Tuxedomoon - "In a Manner of Speaking": 2 votes, 39.86 points
[196] John Parr - "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)": 2 votes, 39.72 points
[197] LL Cool J - "Rock the Bells": 5 votes, 39.66 points
[198] Godley & Creme - "Cry": 6 votes, 39.49 points
[199] A-ha - "Hunting High and Low": 6 votes, 39.42 points
[200] Hüsker Dü - "Makes No Sense at All": 7 votes, 39.23 points

[201] The Style Council - "Homebreakers": 2 votes, 38.38 points
[202] The Replacements - "Kiss Me on the Bus": 4 votes, 38.22 points
[203] The Velvet Underground - "Foggy Notion": 4 votes, 37.94 points
[204] The Smiths - "I Want The One I Can't Have": 3 votes, 37.86 points
[208.5] Cocteau Twins - "Plain Tiger": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] Daniel Johnston - "I Saw Her Standing There": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] David Lee Roth - "Just A Gigolo": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub - "Diana": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] Prodigal - "Future Now": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "In A Hole": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] The Verlaines - "Phil Too?": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[208.5] Todd Rundgren - "Johnee Jingo": 1 vote, 37.5 points
[213] Schoolly D - "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)": 4 votes, 37.15 points
[214] Ready for the World - "Oh Sheila": 4 votes, 36.51 points
[215] The Velvet Underground - "I Can't Stand It": 3 votes, 34.78 points
[216] The Style Council - "The Lodgers": 2 votes, 34.65 points
[217] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Never Understand": 4 votes, 34.42 points
[218] Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - "Lost Weekend": 5 votes, 34.36 points
[219] The Smiths - "Barbarism Begins at Home": 6 votes, 34.16 points
[220] Kate Bush - "The Morning Fog": 2 votes, 33.45 points
[223] John Mellencamp - "Lonely Old Night": 1 vote, 33.33 points
[223] Kate Bush - "Under the Ivy": 1 vote, 33.33 points
[223] Prince and the Revolution - "Hello": 1 vote, 33.33 points
[223] The Chameleons - "Intrigue In Tangiers": 1 vote, 33.33 points
[223] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Inside Me": 1 vote, 33.33 points
[226] Sting - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free": 8 votes, 33.14 points
[227] The Replacements - "Hold My Life": 2 votes, 33.04 points
[228] Mary Jane Girls - "In My House": 5 votes, 32.82 points
[229] Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne - "You're a Friend of Mine": 3 votes, 32.39 points
[230] Sting - "Fortress Around Your Heart": 4 votes, 31.9 points
[231] The Fall - "Paint Work": 2 votes, 31.79 points
[232] The Waterboys - "Don't Bang the Drum": 5 votes, 31.5 points
[233] Billy Bragg - "The World Turned Upside Down": 3 votes, 31.15 points
[234] Phil Collins - "Sussudio": 6 votes, 30.96 points
[235] Phil Collins - "Take Me Home": 4 votes, 30.9 points
[236] Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves": 6 votes, 30.74 points
[237] Doug E. Fresh - "The Show": 4 votes, 30.45 points
[238] Hüsker Dü - "Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill": 2 votes, 30.01 points
[242] Jeff Beck - "People Get Ready": 1 vote, 30 points
[242] Justin Hayward - "Who Knows": 1 vote, 30 points
[242] Leonard Cohen - "The Captain": 1 vote, 30 points
[242] Mariya Takeuchi - "Plastic Love": 1 vote, 30 points
[242] Ofra Haza - "Im nin'alu": 1 vote, 30 points
[242] The Weather Prophets - "Worm In My Brain": 1 vote, 30 points
[242] Two People - "This Is The Shirt": 1 vote, 30 points
[246] R.E.M. - "Maps and Legends": 3 votes, 29.99 points
[247] R.E.M. - "Feeling Gravity's Pull": 4 votes, 29.8 points
[248] Alain Souchon - "Ballade de Jim": 3 votes, 29.75 points
[249] Talking Heads - "Stay Up Late": 4 votes, 29.75 points
[250] The Cult - "Rain": 5 votes, 29.66 points
[251] Randy Travis - "On the Other Hand": 5 votes, 29.46 points
[252] Stevie Wonder - "Overjoyed": 3 votes, 29.3 points
[253] Isley Jasper Isley - "Caravan of Love": 6 votes, 28.8 points
[254] Feedtime - "haha": 2 votes, 28.41 points
[255] DeBarge - "Rhythm of the Night": 4 votes, 27.54 points
[256] Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "So in Love": 4 votes, 27.39 points
[259] All About Eve - "Suppertime": 1 vote, 27.27 points
[259] Paul Nicholas & The New World Philharmonic - "King Herod's Song": 1 vote, 27.27 points
[259] Prince and the Revolution - "Old Friends 4 Sale": 1 vote, 27.27 points
[259] Ray Davies - "Expectations": 1 vote, 27.27 points
[259] The Style Council - "Shout to the Top": 1 vote, 27.27 points
[262] The Replacements - "Swingin' Party": 4 votes, 26.97 points
[263] The Cure - "The Blood": 5 votes, 26.77 points
[264] Titi Winterstein Quintett - "Hunn, O Pani Naschella": 2 votes, 26.5 points
[265] The Chameleons - "Perfume Garden": 3 votes, 25.58 points
[266] Level 42 - "Something About You": 5 votes, 25.55 points
[267] Prefab Sprout - "Horsin' Around": 2 votes, 25.34 points
[269] Beat Happening - "Our Secret": 1 vote, 25 points
[269] Daniel Johnston - "True Love Will Find You in the End": 1 vote, 25 points
[269] Tata Vega - "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)": 1 vote, 25 points
[271] Propaganda - "Duel": 4 votes, 24.88 points
[272] Prince and the Revolution - "America": 3 votes, 24.5 points
[273] The Apartments - "All the Birthdays": 2 votes, 24.39 points
[274] The Hooters - "All You Zombies": 2 votes, 24.26 points
[277] Magnum - "Les Morts Dansant": 1 vote, 23.08 points
[277] Netherworld Dancing Toys - "For Today": 1 vote, 23.08 points
[277] The Velvet Underground - "One Of These Days": 1 vote, 23.08 points
[277] Utopia - "Stand for Something": 1 vote, 23.08 points
[277] Weird Al Yankovic - "Dare to Be Stupid": 1 vote, 23.08 points
[280] The Joubert Singers - "Stand on the Word": 2 votes, 23.05 points
[281] Chris Rea - "Josephine": 3 votes, 22.95 points
[282] New Order - "Sunrise": 3 votes, 22.76 points
[283] R.E.M. - "Wendell Gee": 3 votes, 22.72 points
[284] The Pogues - "The Old Main Drag": 3 votes, 22.51 points
[285] Double - "The Captain of Her Heart": 3 votes, 22.42 points
[286] Titi Winterstein Quintett - "Amoureux": 2 votes, 22.21 points
[287] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "You Trip Me Up": 3 votes, 21.79 points
[291.5] Bobby Bland - "Members Only": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] Crumbacher - "Jamie": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] Loose Ends - "Hangin' on a string": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] R.E.M. - "Kohoutek": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] The Fall - "My New House": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] The Jets - "You Got It All": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] The Style Council - "All Gone Away": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[291.5] Tom Waits - "Anywhere I Lay My Head": 1 vote, 21.43 points
[296] Chris Isaak - "Dancin"': 4 votes, 21.28 points
[297] New Order - "Elegia": 4 votes, 21.27 points
[298] Hüsker Dü - "I Apologize": 6 votes, 21.11 points
[299] Talking Heads - "The Lady Don't Mind": 4 votes, 20.95 points
[300.5] Bangles - "Manic Monday": 2 votes, 20.9 points
[300.5] Mekons - "Hard to be Human Again": 2 votes, 20.9 points

[302] The Smiths - "Nowhere Fast": 3 votes, 20.56 points
[303] The Alan Parsons Project - "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)": 3 votes, 20.44 points
[304] Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way": 2 votes, 20.2 points
[305] Dire Straits - "The Man's Too Strong": 2 votes, 20.11 points
[309] Flash And The Pan - "Communication Breakdown": 1 vote, 20 points
[309] Letta Mbulu - "Nomalizo": 1 vote, 20 points
[309] Rez - "Love Comes Down": 1 vote, 20 points
[309] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Taste Of Cindy": 1 vote, 20 points
[309] The June Brides - "I Fall": 1 vote, 20 points
[309] The Verlaines - "It Was Raining": 1 vote, 20 points
[309] Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Southern Accents": 1 vote, 20 points
[313] Artists United Against Apartheid - "Sun City": 4 votes, 19.94 points
[314] Howard Jones - "Things Can Only Get Better": 3 votes, 19.46 points
[315] Minutemen - "Courage": 2 votes, 19.45 points
[316] Alpha Blondy - "Apartheid Is Nazism": 2 votes, 19.35 points
[317] Suzanne Vega - "Small Blue Thing": 3 votes, 19.32 points
[318] Soda Stereo - "Cuando pase el temblor": 3 votes, 19.11 points
[319] Hüsker Dü - "Find Me": 2 votes, 18.97 points
[320.5] 54-40 - "I Go Blind": 2 votes, 18.97 points
[320.5] Heart - "What About Love": 2 votes, 18.97 points
[322] Minor Threat - "Salad Days": 2 votes, 18.76 points
[325] E.U. - "Sho Nuff Bump'n": 1 vote, 18.75 points
[325] Gowan - "Burning Torches of Hope": 1 vote, 18.75 points
[325] Prefab Sprout - "Desire As": 1 vote, 18.75 points
[325] The Style Council - "Luck": 1 vote, 18.75 points
[325] The Velvet Underground - "Temptation Inside Your Heart": 1 vote, 18.75 points
[328] Sting - "Moon Over Bourbon Street": 3 votes, 18.57 points
[329] Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - "Having an Average Weekend": 3 votes, 18.55 points
[330] Erasure - "Who Needs Love (Like That)": 2 votes, 18.53 points
[331] Survivor - "Burning Heart": 3 votes, 18.51 points
[332] Yello - "Oh Yeah": 2 votes, 18.25 points
[333] Kate Bush - "Under Ice": 4 votes, 18.12 points
[334] Paul Kelly [Australia] - "From St. Kilda to Kings Cross": 2 votes, 17.86 points
[335] Phil Collins - "Don't Lose My Number": 2 votes, 17.69 points
[337] Depeche Mode - "Fly On The Windscreen": 1 vote, 17.65 points
[337] George Thorogood - "I Drink Alone": 1 vote, 17.65 points
[337] The Wake - "Pale Spectre": 1 vote, 17.65 points
[339] Etienne Daho - "Tombé pour la France": 3 votes, 17.63 points
[340] Einstürzende Neubauten - "Yü-Gung": 2 votes, 17.21 points
[341] Johnny Hallyday - "Quelque chose de Tennessee": 3 votes, 16.93 points
[342] Simply Red - "Come to My Aid": 3 votes, 16.68 points
[344] The Manhattan Transfer - "Meet Benny Bailey": 1 vote, 16.67 points
[344] The Verlaines - "The Lady And The Lizard": 1 vote, 16.67 points
[344] Utopia - "Wildlife": 1 vote, 16.67 points
[346] Divinyls - "Pleasure & Pain": 3 votes, 16.6 points
[347] The Smiths - "Asleep": 4 votes, 16.58 points
[348] Beat Happening - "Foggy Eyes": 3 votes, 16.57 points
[349] Meat Puppets - "Away": 2 votes, 16.26 points
[350] Ministry - "Everyday (Is Halloween)": 2 votes, 16.1 points
[351] Bangles - "Walk Like An Egyptian": 2 votes, 16.09 points
[352] Hüsker Dü - "New Day Rising": 3 votes, 16.09 points
[353] R.E.M. - "Can't Get There from Here": 4 votes, 16.02 points
[356.5] Biff Bang Pow! - "Waterbomb!": 1 vote, 15.79 points
[356.5] Billy Ocean - "Suddenly": 1 vote, 15.79 points
[356.5] Cazuza - "Exagerado": 1 vote, 15.79 points
[356.5] The Beach Boys - "She Believes in Love Again": 1 vote, 15.79 points
[356.5] The Cure - "A Few Hours after This": 1 vote, 15.79 points
[356.5] The Velvet Underground - "She's My Best Friend": 1 vote, 15.79 points
[360] INXS - "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)": 3 votes, 15.78 points
[361] Robert Palmer - "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On": 3 votes, 15.61 points
[362] Bob Dylan - "Abandoned Love": 2 votes, 15.61 points
[363] Psychic TV - "Godstar": 4 votes, 15.61 points
[364] The Waterboys - "This is the Sea": 3 votes, 15.56 points
[365] Icehouse - "No Promises": 2 votes, 15.43 points
[366] Suzanne Vega - "Freeze Tag": 2 votes, 15.34 points
[367] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Sowing Seeds": 2 votes, 15.24 points
[368] Hoodoo Gurus - "Bittersweet": 2 votes, 15.18 points
[369] Weird Al Yankovic - "One More Minute": 2 votes, 15.15 points
[370] Eric Clapton - "Forever Man": 4 votes, 15.04 points
[374.5] Chaka Khan - "Through the Fire": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] Einstürzende Neubauten - "Halber Mensch": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] Prince and the Revolution - "4 the Tears in Your Eyes": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] R.E.M. - "Good Advices": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] RAH Band - "Clouds Across the Moon": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] Steve Taylor - "This Disco (Used to Be a Cute Cathedral)": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] The Kamikaze Pilots - "Sharon Signs to Cherry Red": 1 vote, 15 points
[374.5] The Triffids - "Field Of Glass": 1 vote, 15 points
[379] Feargal Sharkey - "A Good Heart": 5 votes, 14.94 points
[380] Aretha Franklin - "Who's Zoomin' Who?": 2 votes, 14.94 points
[381] Kate Bush - "Watching You Without Me": 2 votes, 14.74 points
[382] Rush - "Marathon": 2 votes, 14.7 points
[383] The Church - "Already Yesterday": 3 votes, 14.67 points
[384] Propaganda - "p:Machinery": 3 votes, 14.47 points
[385] Strafe - "Set It Off": 3 votes, 14.42 points
[391] Cock Robin - "Thought You Were on My Side": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Cocteau Twins - "Kookaburra": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Do-Ré-Mi - "Man Overboard": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Franco - "Mario": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Gowan - "(You're A) Strange Animal": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Imperiet - "Märk Hur Vår Skugga": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Justin Hayward - "The Best Is Yet to Come": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] Killdozer - "Going to the Beach": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "My Little Underground": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] The Style Council - "With Everything to Lose": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[391] The Verlaines - "For the Love of Ash Grey": 1 vote, 14.29 points
[397] The Fall - "Barmy": 2 votes, 14.13 points
[398] Sly Fox - "Let's Go All the Way": 2 votes, 13.85 points
[400] Chris Isaak - "Back on Your Side": 1 vote, 13.64 points
[400] Game Theory - "Any Other Hand": 1 vote, 13.64 points
[400] Justin Hayward - "One Again": 1 vote, 13.64 points

[402] Oingo Boingo - "Dead Man's Party": 3 votes, 13.64 points
[403] Mike & The Mechanics - "All I Need Is a Miracle": 3 votes, 13.5 points
[404] New Order - "Sub-Culture": 3 votes, 13.44 points
[405] The Cure - "The Exploding Boy": 3 votes, 13.44 points
[406] Queen - "One Vision": 3 votes, 13.28 points
[411.5] Bruce Springsteen - "Janey, Don't You Lose Heart": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] Camper Van Beethoven - "The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] Elton John - "Nikita": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] Flash in the Pan - "Look at That Woman Go": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] Game Theory - "24": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] Prodigal - "Answering Machine": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] The Jesus and Mary Chain - "The Hardest Walk": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] The Smiths - "Stretch Out And Wait": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] The Style Council - "A Man of Great Promise": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[411.5] The Verlaines - "The Ballad of Harry Noryb": 1 vote, 13.04 points
[417] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Rebels": 2 votes, 13.04 points
[418] Bob Dylan - "I'll Keep It with Mine": 2 votes, 12.93 points
[419] Dinosaur - "Repulsion": 2 votes, 12.9 points
[420] Sheila E. - "A Love Bizarre": 3 votes, 12.86 points
[422.5] Justin Hayward - "Moving Mountains": 1 vote, 12.5 points
[422.5] Nits - "Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof": 1 vote, 12.5 points
[422.5] The Lucy Show - "Ephemeral (This is No Heaven)": 1 vote, 12.5 points
[422.5] Two People - "Rescue Me": 1 vote, 12.5 points
[425] Simple Minds - "Sanctify Yourself": 3 votes, 12.43 points
[426] Kate Bush - "Hello Earth": 2 votes, 12.18 points
[431] Game Theory - "Friend Of The Family": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Kapelye - "Oy, Tate S'iz it Git": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Lone Justice - "Don't Toss Us Away": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Mekons - "Psycho Cupid - Danceband On the Edge of Time": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Rez - "Shadows": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Tears for Fears - "Shout": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] The Style Council - "A Stones Throw Away": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Thompson Twins - "Lay Your Hands on Me": 1 vote, 12 points
[431] Tom Waits - "Blind Love": 1 vote, 12 points
[436] Marillion - "Blind Curve": 2 votes, 11.98 points
[437] Midnight Oil - "Hercules": 2 votes, 11.93 points
[438] Cock Robin - "The Promise You Made": 2 votes, 11.86 points
[439] Starship - "We Built This City": 4 votes, 11.8 points
[440] Sonic Youth - "Society Is a Hole": 2 votes, 11.67 points
[444] Abdullah Ibrahim - "The Mountain": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[444] Freddie Mercury - "Mr. Bad Guy": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[444] Gowan - "Cosmetics": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[444] Larry Norman - "What's Wrong With This Body?": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[444] Marshall Crenshaw - "The Distance Between Us": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[444] Stevie Nicks - "Imperial Hotel": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[444] Titi Winterstein Quintett - "J'ai souvent pleuré": 1 vote, 11.54 points
[448] Cocteau Twins - "Pink Orange Red": 3 votes, 11.43 points
[449] Sumo - "La rubia tarada": 2 votes, 11.36 points
[450] Hombres G - "Devuélveme a mi chica": 2 votes, 11.34 points
[451] Sandra - "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena": 2 votes, 11.3 points
[455] Eurythmics - "Conditioned Soul": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[455] Les Misérables - Original London Cast - "I Dreamed A Dream": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[455] Model 500 - "Night Drive (Thru Babylon)": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[455] Rosanne Cash - "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[455] Suzanne Vega - "Neighborhood Girls": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[455] The Apartments - "What's the Morning For?": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[455] The Chills - "Dream by Dream": 1 vote, 11.11 points
[459] John Cougar Mellencamp - "R.O.C.K. in the USA (A Salute to '60s Rock)": 4 votes, 11.1 points
[460] The Smiths - "Shakespeare's Sister": 2 votes, 11.09 points
[461] Y&T - "Summertime Girls": 2 votes, 11.07 points
[462] The Long Ryders - "Looking for Lewis and Clark": 2 votes, 10.79 points
[465.5] Loverboy - "Lovin' Every Minute of It": 1 vote, 10.71 points
[465.5] Oingo Boingo - "Weird Science": 1 vote, 10.71 points
[465.5] T.C. Matic - "Elle adore le noir pour sortir le soir": 1 vote, 10.71 points
[465.5] The Communards - "You Are My World": 1 vote, 10.71 points
[465.5] Utopia - "Play This Game": 1 vote, 10.71 points
[465.5] Yeah Yeah Noh - "Another Side to Mrs. Quill": 1 vote, 10.71 points
[469] Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force - "I Wonder if I Take You Home": 3 votes, 10.57 points
[471] Dragon - "Speak No Evil": 1 vote, 10.34 points
[471] Glenn Frey - "You Belong To The City": 1 vote, 10.34 points
[471] Ratt - "You're in Love": 1 vote, 10.34 points
[473] Alison Moyet - "That Ole Devil Called Love": 2 votes, 10.17 points
[476.5] Bryan Ferry - "Stone Woman": 1 vote, 10 points
[476.5] Dan Fogelberg - "Sutter's Mill": 1 vote, 10 points
[476.5] Daniel Balavoine - "L'Aziza": 2 votes, 10 points
[476.5] Prince and the Revolution - "Condition of the Heart": 1 vote, 10 points
[476.5] Redskins - "Bring It Down (This Insane Thing)": 1 vote, 10 points
[476.5] Sting - "Children's Crusade": 1 vote, 10 points
[480] Warumpi Band - "Blackfella Whitefella": 2 votes, 9.87 points
[481] Dead Can Dance - "De Profundis": 2 votes, 9.77 points
[482] Billy Ocean - "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going": 4 votes, 9.75 points
[484.5] GANGgajang - "Sounds of Then": 1 vote, 9.68 points
[484.5] Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit - "The Rose of England": 1 vote, 9.68 points
[484.5] Todd Rundgren - "Lockjaw": 1 vote, 9.68 points
[484.5] Tom Waits - "Walking Spanish": 1 vote, 9.68 points
[487] The Cure - "Six Different Ways": 3 votes, 9.6 points
[488] Clio - "Faces": 2 votes, 9.59 points
[489] Dexys Midnight Runners - "This Is What She's Like": 2 votes, 9.57 points
[490] Miami Sound Machine - "Words Get In the Way": 2 votes, 9.45 points
[491] Laurent Voulzy - "Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie-Galante": 2 votes, 9.43 points
[494] Clan of Xymox - "Cry in the Wind": 1 vote, 9.38 points
[494] DeGarmo and Key - "Destined to Win": 1 vote, 9.38 points
[494] Heart - "Nothin' At All": 1 vote, 9.38 points
[494] The Colourfield - "Thinking Of You": 1 vote, 9.38 points
[494] X - "Around My Heart": 1 vote, 9.38 points
[497] A-ha - "Train of Thought": 2 votes, 9.33 points
[498] Pat Benatar - "Invincible": 3 votes, 9.22 points
[501.5] Eurythmics - "Grown Up Girls": 1 vote, 9.09 points
[501.5] Everything But The Girl - "When All's Well": 1 vote, 9.09 points
[501.5] Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On": 1 vote, 9.09 points
[501.5] Leonard Cohen - "Night Comes On": 1 vote, 9.09 points
[501.5] Princess - "After the Love Has Gone": 1 vote, 9.09 points
[501.5] Viktor Lazlo - "Last Call for an Angel": 1 vote, 9.09 points

The spreadsheet with all the details of the 1109 songs that were nominated is here.

Please let me know if you find any errors!

I've made a Spotify playlist with all available songs that have received at least 25 points. This way, any available song included in someone's top 10 should be included.



YouTube links to the unavailable songs:

The Force MDs - "Tender Love"
Prince and the Revolution - "Neon Telephone"
Madonna - "Gambler"
Les Misérables - Original London Cast - "Master Of The House"
The Clash - "This Is England"
Kate Bush - "Under the Ivy"
Justin Hayward - "Who Knows"
Mariya Takeuchi - "Plastic Love"
Two People - "This Is The Shirt"
All About Eve - "Suppertime"
Prince and the Revolution - "Old Friends 4 Sale"
Ray Davies - "Expectations"
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It seems that 1985 may be indeed considered a bit of a "down year" in the 80s.

We had the lowest participation by number of voters, though that may be due to me not having the chance to send out reminder PMs (annoying though they may be!). But it goes beyond that. We had 18.9 albums per ballot for 1985, less than the next lowest of 20.0 for 1984. For songs, the dropoff is more extreme, with an average of 61.7 songs per ballot for 1985, far lower than the next lowest of 74.5 for 1983. A few people commented in the thread that 1985 wasn't all that special. While I quite like 1985, I agree that it's the least "special" year of the 80s for me.

One other interesting tidbit: "Into the Groove" becomes the first song ranked #1 on AM to miss automatic qualification. However, it's currently the leader in the wildcard standings, so it seems certain to make qualify that way.
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1985 is also the only year of the decade with no AM top 100 song, and has by far the least top 1000 songs (7 vs. next lowest 10 in 1986).
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Moonbeam wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:15 am
We had the lowest participation by number of voters,
There is also the Summer holidays to take into account.
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A woman FINALLY tops the albums and (the same woman mind you) singles list and it gets called “the weakest year of the 80s?” As opposed to ‘81 and ‘83? Really? The Human League? And most Richard Blade influenced synth rock from that era for that matter. And the 80s had some terrible, dreadful moments. I don’t know, it just sounds like a cop out to kind of obscure the importance of Kate Bush’s legacy. Not to instigate but something tells me if Waits had topped ‘85 a negative word would not be uttered but a woman representing a year in both albums AND singles and people’s reactions are just so bland and bitter. On the brink of the legendary c-86 movement, to me its a pretty groundbreaking, bar setting year.
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luvulongTIM wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:04 am A woman FINALLY tops the albums and (the same woman mind you) singles list and it gets called “the weakest year of the 80s?” As opposed to ‘81 and ‘83? Really? The Human League? And most Richard Blade influenced synth rock from that era for that matter. And the 80s had some terrible, dreadful moments. I don’t know, it just sounds like a cop out to kind of obscure the importance of Kate Bush’s legacy. Not to instigate but something tells me if Waits had topped ‘85 a negative word would not be uttered but a woman representing a year in both albums AND singles and people’s reactions are just so bland and bitter. On the brink of the legendary c-86 movement, to me its a pretty groundbreaking, bar setting year.
I’m not sure how to respond to this. I quite clearly love a lot of music by female artists, so that had nothing to do with my comment. I like Kate Bush a lot, though I prefer Never for Ever to Hounds of Love. Regardless, Kate featured in my album and song list for 1985 as well. Heck, I chose her for the gif to open the thread!

My comment came more as a reflection on what O saw numbers-wise with the poll so far, and a few participants noted 1985 as a down year. It came as a surprise to me as it’s always 1981 that is considered a horrible year,

As for me, I’m such an 80s but that even if 1985 is my least favorite year of the 1980s, I still like it enough to rank it near my top 20 years of all time (it’s 21st by a formula I am using). It’s a good year surrounded by amazing years, IMO.
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Well I didn’t mean it to come across like I was calling any individual out, just felt like Kate was being slighted in a year so many here have called one of the weaker years in the 80s when there was so much worse especially before’ 85. Yeah 80s synth wave was still a thing and we were preparing to stomach all the hair metal trash to come but this was at least a very promising year where the c86ers were getting prepared to fuzz out the synth bs. So things were definitely looking up. It’s like much of the early 80s was just a massive storm of stupidity and the rainbow was ready to finally flourish after a terrible few years and much of it started in ‘85.
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luvulongTIM wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:51 am Well I didn’t mean it to come across like I was calling any individual out, just felt like Kate was being slighted in a year so many here have called one of the weaker years in the 80s when there was so much worse especially before’ 85. Yeah 80s synth wave was still a thing and we were preparing to stomach all the hair metal trash to come but this was at least a very promising year where the c86ers were getting prepared to fuzz out the synth bs. So things were definitely looking up. It’s like much of the early 80s was just a massive storm of stupidity and the rainbow was ready to finally flourish after a terrible few years and much of it started in ‘85.
It's just a different perspective. What you call a massive storm of stupidity is my hallowed ground for music. 1980-1983 are my 4 favorite years, and 1984 is quite close to them.

Everybody's got their own glory periods, and the beauty of these polls is that they provide the opportunity to let those periods shine through the eyes, ears, and hearts of those who love them. :happy-partydance:

As for KB, she seems quite well liked here. In the most recent artist poll, she had her best ever showing at #43, well above her AM rank of #85. I don't think anyone noting 1985 as a down year is trying to slight Kate.
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Moonbeam wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:05 am I don't think anyone noting 1985 as a down year is trying to slight Kate.
Agreed; I think it is a stretch in thinking to come to that conclusion. Calling something a great or a down year is not based on one single work (pretty much every year has at least a masterpiece or two), but more about the overall feeling of the year. I think the evidence of the poll shows that Kate Bush is actually the redeeming factor for most of 1985. Look at those album results: 10 more votes for her album than for the number 2! How many times does something like that happen?

I don't care much for 1985, but that has nothing to do with any individual artist and certainly not Kate Bush. And yes, I dare to say that if Tom Waits had topped the list it would still be considered a down year.
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I first heard Hounds of Love around 2002 or so. At the time, it reinforced the idea that 1985 was an awesome year. Well, I'd call the albums like that in my top 5 awesome, and I didn't have any problem making a long song list, but it wasn't until 2013 that the "1985 is awesome" narrative was threatened, when I made a top 10 albums list and didn't have an easy time of it (which doesn't have anything to do with Kate, anymore than it has to do with Thompson Twins or Oingo Boingo, etc., in my top 5). I've only finally been reasonably happy with the album list for, what, a couple weeks now, but that has to do with filling out spots #6 through 10. Sure, I wish Prince or the Smiths had released stronger albums, but it's not like they typically take up residence in my top 2 anyway. (The Queen Is Dead does for next year, but then, my top 3 singles are all taken up by women. Without crunching the numbers, I now feel like my top 10 albums from any year of the '80s compare reasonably well with each other, without any dreaded years.) I do feel like the AM main page's top 10 albums for '85 is the least helpful for me, for the '80s.
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I can't see any gender-related agenda (if you will) for this. I already know that Like a Prayer will top my and many others' song list for 1989; it would be a number 1 song in most years. Cherish, Buffalo Stance as well as the female-led Love Shack and Back to Life will also be high up there in '89, none of which is any indication of any weakness.

Anyway, why be negative? The best attribute of this site is its positivity about great music in every genre, by every artist and in every year. A mercifully small amount of people would use the success of one singer in a year to use as a stick to beat the rest of the musical output of that year with and long may that reign :mrgreen:

Thanks to Moonbeam for further tireless work with this and all the 80s poll as well, I'd be very surprised if 1986 doesn't see a return to the same level of voters as before!
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