The History Of Jop Part 6 aka Animals strike curious poses

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Beware the savage jaw of 1984! The Pazz and Jop poll takes some curious turns this year with plenty to analyse in the comments boxes. For once no holdovers from last time or entries from the EP list, though I was sorely tempted to put Into Battle With The Art Of Noise in.


[Poll #823959]


The Joptimist Metapoll Remix (1983 Dub) is as follows:

1. Billie Jean (35 votes)
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (34)
3. Little Red Corvette (30)
4. Beat It (28)
5. White Lines (Dont Dont Do It) (26)
6. It's Like That/Sucker MCs (21)
7. Burning Down The House (18)
8. Every Breath You Take (17)
9=. Lets Dance (16)
9=. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (16)
9=. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (16)

Much wider spread of voting last time btw.

Comments

A Prince fan speaks

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yay! Four prince-penned songs in one poll (or 6 if you include the b-sides - how come they get a listing even though the singles weren't double-A sides?). All marvellous, including the B-sides. I'm kind of surprised to see Sheila E in there. Was she a lot more popular in the states than over here?

Re: A Prince fan speaks

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

As I understand it, on the P&J poll you vote for 'tracks', and then votes for the separate tracks on one single are amalgamated, so the overall votes for WDC also include individual votes for 17 Days. Presumably nobody voted for the B-Sides of the ones which don't have them listed.

Re: A Prince fan speaks

[koganbot]

Actually, as far as I know most years (except for 2000 and maybe 2001) voters were instructed to vote for singles, not tracks; singles can mean physically available singles but can also mean radio focus tracks even if there is no actual physical single. And something released for download. Obviously, nothing's going to get disqualified, but album tracks never make the Top 26. In any event, b-sides are obviously part of a physically available single.

Re: A Prince fan speaks

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

So why are some singles listed with B Sides and some not?

Re: A Prince fan speaks

[koganbot]

The singles tally was complicated this year not only by votes for B sides (indicated only when there was more than one) but by separate votes for 12-inch versions, 15 in the case of "Dancing in the Dark." "When Doves Cry," "Erotic City," "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," "Born in the U.S.A.," and "I Feel for You" also got scattered 12-inch-only votes. Both B-sides and 12-inches were included in a single's basic total, with no critic permitted to vote twice for the same record.