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Missy Elliott gets the highest turnout of the decade so far, with a whopping 49 votes to win heat #3. Daft Punk, S Club 7 and Mary J Blige are safely through, but Alicia and DanBed tie for fifth - see below for the run-off.

Today's poll sees double J-Lo remix action, microgoth, mashups, possible incest and the Jackson Five (sort of). It's heat #4, everybody!

You get a maximum of TEN TICKS over the three bits of the poll. The top five will go through to the next stage.

If you want to change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.

UK chart placings given in brackets.

You have until Friday lunchtime to vote.

Rep for your favourites in the comments! Youtube embeds very welcome.

[Poll #1436184]

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From:

koganbot

So far everyone who voted for the Detroit Cobras voted for the White Stripes, but no one who voted for the Gore Gore Girls voted for either of those.

From:

koganbot

Except I've got a few ticks left and might opt for "Hotel Yorba" if I can't find anything better. Btw, I'm totally baffled as to why the Detroit Cobras hit in the UK while another twenty or thirty similar groups didn't. I far prefer the Gore Gores, as you may have gathered.

From:

alexmacpherson.livejournal.com

I don't think Detroit Cobras did hit in the UK. I remember when they emerged along with 20-30 similar groups but it's not as if they broke through on a White Stripes scale. Surprised anyone remembers anything by them tbh.

From:

katstevens.livejournal.com

I don't think the DCs *did* hit in the UK - however they got bundled in on a load of compilations along with the Strokes, White Stripes and all that lot so everyone's heard that one song (which I liked). And that other one they did (which I didn't). I have heard a few GGGs tracks via similar channels but they never really grabbed me in the same way.

From:

martinv.livejournal.com

Weren't the DCs exclusively a covers band? I think I own 2 albums by them. For no good reason. I also have a Gore Gore Girls album, but only really bought it for 'I'm Gonna Get You Yet', which is still great. Can't remember the rest of it though.

From:

chuckeddy.livejournal.com

The one Detroit Cobras CD I still own, Mink Rat Or Rabbit from, well, whatever year it was from (doesn't say anywhere on the cover, I just noticed) did indeed seem to mostly covers, albeit of songs I never heard before so I could be wrong. I was under the impression that "Cha Cha Twist" was their most famous song -- maybe it showed up on a soundtrack once? "Hey Sailor" (which I need to check out) isn't on the CD I have. Anyway, never liked them as much as the Gore Gore Girls or White Stripes (both of whose songs above I have now ticked, btw), but always liked them more than the Von Bondies (who I never got beyond their theme song for Rescue Me) or the Dirtbombs (who I never got period.)

From:

chuckeddy.livejournal.com

Ha ha, the beat in "Hey Sailor" is totally stolen from "We Got The Beat" by the Go-Gos. No clue what she's babbling about, but I like her babble style. I will probably wind up ticking it.