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I fear that my two favorites ("Billie" and "Freak On") will split their vote, each being more r&b than the disco-y "Groove" (though early returns show no sign of this, and it may be that the two '80s grooves cut into each other)(and why is "Groove" my least favorite of the three, since I tend to prefer disco to r&b?) (but is "Groove" more disco than "Billie" anyway?) (and I was calling "Freak On" the hardest rocker of the bunch, which'd be a good criterion except I voted for "Billie")(seems to me that "Billie" and "Freak On" rock harder than "Groove" emotionally, whatever I mean by that, probably just that they hit me as more intense, even if the "Groove" lyrics have the most classically intense story to tell; maybe it's just that I think there are a sea's worth of as good or better songs in the general '80s club style, whereas "Billie Jean" and "Freak" have stronger individual identities)(but since when do I think that "individual identity" beats "represents a great genre"?).