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The Pazz and Jop polls take us to the fairly unheralded year of 1985, and the selection is.....well, judge for yourself and discuss below. You get NINE votes, cast them wisely.

Notes: The John Fogerty song that got in last time rose to #3(!!) this time. It was excluded.

[Poll #826538]

The Joptimists 1984 Vote Verdict:

1. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (38 votes)
2. When Doves Cry (37 votes)
3. Jump (31)
4=. I Feel For You (28)
4=. Time After Time (28)
6. Let's Go Crazy (23)
7. What's Love Got To Do With It (21)
8. Dancing In The Dark (20)
9=. Free Nelson Mandela (19)
9=. Let's Hear It For The Boy (19)

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koganbot

Have you still never heard "Set It Off? It's fabulous (though ignore the Jenny Holzerisms of this art video, which was the only thing I've found so far on YouTube that uses the song).

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koganbot

Wait, here's a much better vid for "Set It Off".

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dubdobdee.livejournal.com

it's great but i never heard it till now!

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koganbot

I'm surprised that "Set It Off" didn't make Pazz & Jop, given that it's the sort of leftfield dance track that NY critics tend to love. Like "Heartbeat." Perhaps Xgau's expanded the voter base enough that the NY critics were losing their clout. Also, I don't think it got airplay (unlike "Heartbeat," which was a bona fide radio hit in NY). I heard it because I read about it in the Voice.

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koganbot

The YouTube versions clipped off the famous beginning, which you probably have heard, sampled or copied: "Y'All wanna get this party started, RIGHT? Y'all wanna get this party started QUICKLY! RIGHT?" So this is telling you that the music must save you, this dance, this night. A lot like Shannon's "Let the Music Play." All this is what stuff like Madonna's "Get Into the Groove" springs from.