Best Song of 2001: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

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]

Comments

Re: Detroit garage

[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.

Re: Detroit garage

[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.

Re: Detroit garage

[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.)

Re: Detroit garage

[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.

Re: Detroit garage

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

Which song - Shout Bama Lama? I totally couldn't tell if it was a chick or dude singer at first! But I love that song :D