# Your votes in Smapti's polls for favorite #1 singles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-votes-in-smaptis-polls-for-favorite-1-singles/706590 "2014-12-07T18:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-votes-in-smaptis-polls-for-favorite-1-singles/706590/1 "2014-12-07T18:53:27Z")
As you can see, I’ve been obsessively voting in **Smapti** ’s polls on favorite Billboard #1 singles each year and compiling my votes for each year. Listed are my votes for each year. (Although 2014 isn’t finished yet, there’s no doubt whatsoever which song I will vote for.) What were your votes? You definitely don’t need to create an entire list; just name a few of your favorites that you voted for. A few explanatory notes: **BOLDED, ALL CAPITAL LETTERS** – This song got a perfect score in the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System**. In 2010, two songs got such an honor, so I arbitrarily voted for the first song listed. - - This song leads the poll for that year (as of the last time I checked), meaning the Teeming Millions correctly identified the best #1 single for that year. # - I was the ONLY person to vote for this song, meaning not a single one of the other Teeming Millions correctly identified the best #1 song that year. Among songs that DID NOT receive a perfect score, my favorite is probably “House of the Rising Sun” or “Paint It Black.” “Thrift Shop” is the funniest (just ahead of “Baby Got Back”). The weakest song that got my vote was, appropriately enough, “Weak” by SWV. 1993 was a dreadful year for #1 songs. Since the mid-1960s, I’ve also been keeping track of my LEAST favorite songs in each poll (songs that finish in dead-ass last place, to use the parlance of our times). I’ll be listing these in a separate thread before too long. 1956. Elvis – “Heartbreak Hotel” \* 1957. no vote 1958. Domenico Mudugno - “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)” 1959. Bobby Darin - “Mack the Knife” \* 1960. no vote 1961. Ray Charles - “Hit the Road Jack” \* 1962. The Crystals - “He’s a Rebel” 1963. Ruby & the Romantics - “Our Day Will Come” 1964. Eric Burdon and the Animals - “The House of the Rising Sun” 1965. The Supremes - “Stop! In the Name of Love” 1966. The Rolling Stones - “Paint It Black” 1967. Aretha Franklin - “Respect” \* 1968. Otis Redding - “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay” \* 1969. Steam - “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” 1970. The Jackson 5 - “I Want You Back” 1971. The Bee Gees - “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” 1972. Bill Withers - “Lean On Me” 1973. Stevie Wonder - “Superstition” \* 1974. Stevie Wonder - “You Haven’t Done Nothing” 1975. Elton John - “Philadelphia Freedom” 1976. Elton John & Kiki Dee - “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” 1977. ABBA - “Dancing Queen” 1978. Chic - “Le Freak” 1979. Chic - “Le Freak” 1980. Queen - “Another One Bites the Dust” 1981. John Lennon - “(Just Like) Starting Over” 1982. Chicago - “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” 1983. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - “Say Say Say” 1984. Prince - “Let’s Go Crazy” 1985. a-ha - “Take On Me” 1986. Bruce Hornsby & the Range - “The Way It Is” 1987. Michael Jackson - “Bad” 1988. Debbie Gibson - “Foolish Beat” # 1989. Fine Young Cannibals - “Good Thing” 1990. Jon Bon Jovi - “Blaze Of Glory” 1991. Gloria Estefan - “Coming Out Of the Dark” # 1992. Sir Mix-a-Lot - “Baby Got Back” \* 1993. SWV - “Weak” 1994. Ini Kamoze - “Here Comes the Hotstepper” 1995. Coolio w/L.V. – “Gangster’s Paradise” 1996. Los Del Rio – “Macarena” 1997. Spice Girls – “Wannabe” 1998. Will Smith – “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” 1999. Britney Spears – “Baby One More Time” 2000. Enrique Iglesias – “Be with You” # 2001. Outkast – “Ms. Jackson” \* 2002. Eminem – “Lose Yourself” \* 2003. Beyonce and Jay Z – “Crazy in Love” 2004. Snoop Dogg and Pharrell – “Drop It Like It’s Hot” 2005. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger” \* 2006. Shakira and Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie” 2007. Kanye West – “Stronger” 2008. Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” \* 2009. **FLO RIDA FEATURING KESHA – "RIGHT ROUND"** 2010. **KESHA – “TIK TOK” \* / KESHA – “WE R WHO WE R”** (tie) 2011. Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Nayer – “Give Me Everything” # 2012. fun. - “We Are Young” 2013. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - “Thrift Shop” 2014. **PITBULL FEATURING KESHA – "TIMBER"** Thanks to **Smapti** for all the work involved in putting these polls together, and thanks to **Kesha** for being so fucking awesome! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-votes-in-smaptis-polls-for-favorite-1-singles/706590/2 "2014-12-07T19:36:02Z")
Quoted from **Smapti** ’s sig in the latest thread: Previous polls: [1955-56](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731649) [1957](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731871) [1958](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732021) [1959](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732199)[1960](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732526) [1961](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732691) [1962](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732872) [1963](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733112) [1964](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733297) [1965](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733526) [1966](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733750) [1967](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733958) [1968](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734168) [1969](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734331) [1970](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734535) [1971](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=734741) [1972](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=735107) [1973](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=735304) [1974](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=735502) [1975](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=735659) [1976](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=735871) [1977](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736076) [1978](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736316) [1979](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736501) [1980](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736705) [1981](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=736957) [1982](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737099) [1983](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737315) [1984](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737488) [1985](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737732) [1986](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=737957) [1987](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738178) [1988](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738403) [1989](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738639) [1990](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=738829) [1991](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739067) [1992](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739360) [1993](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739525) [1994](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=739880) [1995](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740122) [1996](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740302) [1997](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740497) [1998](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740709) [1999](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740859) [2000](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741047) [2001](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741267) [2002](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741450) [2003](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741604) [2004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741730) [2005](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=741915) [2006](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742069) [2007](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742147) [2008](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742282) [2009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742467) [2010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742676) [2011](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742846) [2012](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=675664) [2013](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=710843) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-votes-in-smaptis-polls-for-favorite-1-singles/706590/3 "2014-12-07T20:37:02Z")
1956, Tennessee Ernie Ford - “Sixteen Tons” 1957, Elvis Presley - “Jailhouse Rock” 1958, The Champs: “Tequila” 1959, Bobby Darin - “Mack the Knife” 1960, Ray Charles - “Georgia On My Mind” 1961, The Shirelles - “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” 1962, The Tokens - “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” 1963, The Chiffons - “He’s So Fine” 1964, The Beatles - “I Want To Hold Your Hand” 1965, The Righteous Brothers - “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” 1966, The Beatles - “We Can Work It Out” 1967, The Rolling Stones - “Ruby Tuesday” 1968, Marvin Gaye - “Heard It Through the Grapevine” 1969, The Supremes - “Someday We’ll Be Together” 1970, The Guess Who - “American Woman”\* 1971, Sly and the Family Stone - “Family Affair” 1972, Al Green - “Let’s Stay Together” 1973, The O’Jays - “Love Train” 1974, Barbra Streisand - “The Way We Were” 1975, The Eagles - “One Of These Nights” 1976, Wings - “Silly Love Songs” 1977, Fleetwood Mac - “Dreams” 1978, The Bee Gees - “Stayin’ Alive” 1979, Chic - “Good Times” 1980, John Lennon - “(Just Like) Starting Over” 1981, Blondie - “Rapture” 1982, The Human League - “Don’t You Want Me” 1983, Michael Jackson - “Billie Jean” 1984, Phil Collins - “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” 1985, Tears For Fears - “Everybody Wants To Rule the World” 1986, Madonna - “Live To Tell” 1987, U2 - “With Or Without You” 1988, Guns & Roses - “Sweet Child O’ Mine” 1989, Madonna - “Like A Prayer” 1990, James Ingram - “I Don’t Have the Heart” 1991, Extreme - “More Than Words” 1992, Whitney Houston - “I Will Always Love You” 1993, Mariah Carey - “Hero” 1994, Ace of Base - “The Sign” 1995, Coolio w/ L.V. - “Gangster’s Paradise” 1996, Tupac Shakur w/ Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman - “California Love” 1997, Elton John - “Candle in the Wind 1997” 1998, Celine Dion - “My Heart Will Go On” 1999, Britney Spears - “…Baby One More Time” 2000, Creed - “With Arms Wide Open” 2001, Alicia Keys - “Fallin’” 2002, Nelly - “Hot In Herre” 2003, OutKast - “Hey Ya!” 2004, Twista w/ Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - “Slow Jamz” 2005, Kanye West w/ Jamie Foxx - “Gold Digger” 2006, James Blunt - “You’re Beautiful” 2007, Kanye West - “Stronger” 2008, Coldplay - “Viva La Vida” 2009, The Black Eyed Peas - “I Gotta Feeling” 2010, Katy Perry w/ Snoop Dogg - “California Gurls” 2011, Katy Perry - “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” 2012, Taylor Swift - “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” 2013, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - “Can’t Hold Us” ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-votes-in-smaptis-polls-for-favorite-1-singles/706590/4 "2014-12-07T22:18:58Z")
I’ll start from most recent year and going back. 2013: Lorde- Royals 2012:Maroon 5- One More Night 2011:Lady Gaga-Born This Way 2010:Usher and Will I Am- OMG 2009:Britney Spears-3 2008:Coldplay-Viva La Vida 2007:Fergie-Big Girls Don’t Cry 2006:Justin Timberlake-Sexy Back 2005:Gwen Stefani-Hollaback Girl 2004:Snoop Dogg and Pharrell- Drop It Like It’s Hot 2003:Outkast- Hey Ya 2002:Nelly- Hot in Herre 2001:Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule-I’m Real 2000:Santana/Product GB- Maria Maria 1999:Britney Spears- …One More Time 1998:Lauryn Hill- That Thing 1997:Spice Girls-Wannabe 1996:Blackstreet- No Diggity 1995:Seal-Kiss From A Rose 1994:Ace of Base- Sign 1993: UB40- Can’t Help Falling In Love 1992:Vanessa Williams- Save the Best for Last 1991:Amy Grant- Baby Baby 1990:Mariah Carey- Vision of Love 1989:Martika- Toy Soldiers 1988:George Michael- Father Figure 1987: Madonna- Open Your Heart 1986:Human League- Human 1985: Wham-Careless Whisper 1984:Wham- Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 1983:Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson: Say Say Say 1982: J. Geils Band- Centerfold 1981:Stars on 45- Medley 1980: Queen- Another One Bites The Dust 1979:Blondie- Heart of Glass 1978:A Taste of Honey- Boogie Oogie 1977: Rose Royce- Car Wash 1976: Johnny Taylor- Disco Lady 1975:KC and the Sunshine Band-That’s the Way I Like It 1974:Billy Preston- Nothing from Nothing 1973:O’Jays- Love Train 1972:Billy Paul- Me and Mrs Jones 1971:Bee Gees- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 1970:Sly and the Family Stone- Thank You for Let Me Mice Elf Again 1969:Steam-Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Goodbye 1968:Simon and Garfunkel- Mrs Robinson 1967:Bobby Gentry- Ode to Billy Joe 1966:New Vaudeville Band- Winchester Cathedral 1965:Petula Clark-Downtown 1964:Beatles-She Loves You 1963:Jimmy Gilmer and Fireballs- Sugar Shack 1962:Four Seasons- Big Girls Don’t Cry 1961:Ray Charles-Hit the Road Jack 1960:Ray Charles-Georgia on My Mind 1959:Dave Cortez- Happy Organ( Never Heard song, felt sorry and voted). 1958:Champs-Tequila ( Only One I recognize) 1957:Everly Brothers- Wake Up Little Susie 1955/1956:Elvis Presley-Love Me Tender Whew! I think I voted for a lot of underdogs during many of these polls, only few times with the crowd. Some of them make me think WTF?! No big deal, it was fun. For 2014 I’ll vote for Taylor Swift most likely.