DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the 70s

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I find the results interesting. There were no songs which we all liked. We had 10 voters and the best we could do is to have 9 of us agree to put one song somewhere on our like list. Our dislikes were much more distributed with only a handful not being against a song that at least one of us liked.

The calculation methodology was simple. There were 253 songs to choose from. So if you ranked a song 2 it got 253-2+1 (252) points. No vote is 0 points. A dislike is -1 points. For our #1 song, instead of getting 253 points, I awarded 300 points. The 10 sets of points are added together. I used excell formulas to do most of the math and the sorting.

I am going to present several songs a day from the bottom to the top heading up to the #1 song. I will present who voted for them and what position on their list they were. I will also show who had them on their dislike list. The songs will be presented from the spreadsheet with these titles:

#

Year

Title

+ Votes

- Votes

Score

# is position.
+ votes is number of people including the song on the like list.
- votes is the number of people disliking the song (the max number of dislikes for a single song is 3)
Score is the combined score of the song.
The list is sorted by the following criteria:

• score descending
• # of + votes descending
• # of - votes ascending

If the song remains tied, they will be presented as tied.

Now to start the countdown .... next post.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

This song is as close as we got to a universally hated song.

253​

1977​

Debby Boone: "You Light Up My Life"

0​

3​

-3​

Liked by:

• Nobody

Disliked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing
• @scotchandcigar
• @sadchild

We have a 4 way tie for next most despised song:

249​

1978​

Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"

0​

2​

-2​

Liked by:

• Nobody

Disliked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing
• @HecticArt

249​

1974​

Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"

0​

2​

-2​

Liked by:

• Nobody

Disliked by:

• @scotchandcigar
• @Aaron

249​

1978​

Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams: "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"

0​

2​

-2​

Liked by:

• Nobody

Disliked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing
• @scotchandcigar

249​

1974​

Paul Anka and Odia Coates: "(You're) Having My Baby"

0​

2​

-2​

Liked by:

• Nobody

Disliked by:

• @scotchandcigar
• @sadchild

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The next group is 12 songs which were only disliked by 1 person but liked by nobody. For this one I will just list the single disliker after the song:

237​	1979​	Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer: "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"	0​	1​	-1​	@Aaron
237​	1977​	Barbra Streisand: "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)"	0​	1​	-1​	@IdRatherBeSkiing
237​	1974​	Barbra Streisand: "The Way We Were"	0​	1​	-1​	@IdRatherBeSkiing
237​	1971​	Bee Gees: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	0​	1​	-1​	@HecticArt
237​	1973​	Charlie Rich: "The Most Beautiful Girl"	0​	1​	-1​	@scotchandcigar
237​	1974​	Cher: "Dark Lady"	0​	1​	-1​	@Madison
237​	1977​	David Soul: "Don't Give Up on Us"	0​	1​	-1​	@scotchandcigar
237​	1979​	Donna Summer: "Bad Girls"	0​	1​	-1​	@Aaron
237​	1977​	Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.: "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"	0​	1​	-1​	@IdRatherBeSkiing
237​	1972​	Michael Jackson: "Ben"	0​	1​	-1​	@HecticArt
237​	1973​	Paul McCartney and Wings: "My Love"	0​	1​	-1​	@Wolf
237​	1977​	Thelma Houston: "Don't Leave Me This Way"	0​	1​	-1​	@IdRatherBeSkiing

All other dislikes are liked by somebody else.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The next 30 songs are liked by nobody and disliked by nobody.

207​	1975​	B. J. Thomas: "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1974​	Billy Swan: "I Can Help"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1973​	Cher: "Half-Breed"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1979​	Commodores: "Still"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1973​	Eddie Kendricks: "Keep On Truckin'"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1972​	Gilbert O'Sullivan: "Alone Again (Naturally)"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1975​	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds: "Fallin' in Love"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1975​	John Denver: "I'm Sorry"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1976​	Johnnie Taylor: "Disco Lady"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1977​	Leo Sayer: "When I Need You"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1974​	Love Unlimited Orchestra: "Love's Theme"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1972​	Mac Davis: "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1977​	Mary MacGregor: "Torn Between Two Lovers"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1974​	MFSB and The Three Degrees: "TSOP"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1972​	Neil Young: "Heart of Gold"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1975​	Olivia Newton-John: "Have You Never Been Mellow"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1974​	Olivia Newton-John: "I Honestly Love You"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1971​	Paul Revere & the Raiders: "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1970​	Ray Stevens: "Everything Is Beautiful"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1976​	Rhythm Heritage: "Theme From S.W.A.T."	0​	0​	0​
207​	1972​	Roberta Flack: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1976​	The Bellamy Brothers: "Let Your Love Flow"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1975​	The Carpenters: "Please Mr. Postman"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1972​	The Chi-Lites: "Oh Girl"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1971​	The Honey Cone: "Want Ads"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1970​	The Jackson 5: "The Love You Save"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1976​	The Manhattans: "Kiss and Say Goodbye"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1971​	The Osmonds: "One Bad Apple"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1976​	The Sylvers: "Boogie Fever"	0​	0​	0​
207​	1975​	Tony Orlando and Dawn: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"	0​	0​	0​

 

[Aaron]

Some pretty good ones in that bunch (just not favorites for me)

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Every song from this point on is liked by somebody.

206​

1975​

Minnie Riperton: "Lovin' You"

1​

3​

127​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (124)

Disliked by:

• @Channel98
• @sadchild
• @HecticArt

205​

1973​

Diana Ross: "Touch Me in the Morning"

1​

1​

132​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (121)

Disliked by:

• @HecticArt

204​

1976​

Diana Ross: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"

1​

1​

134​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (119)

Disliked by:

• @HecticArt

More tomorrow.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Some pretty good ones in that bunch (just not favorites for me)

Yes. I dropped some of them because they were too far down my list and it was harder and harder to order.

 

[scotchandcigar]

It's already very interesting. Keep up the good work.

 

[Wolf]

Hopefully my dislike, knocked the Beatles from winning the unmadness.

Thanks for doing this IRBS!

 

[sadchild]

Very interesting!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Continuing on. Next 10. Trying to get through the single votes which natuarally are near the bottom.

203​

1977​

Leo Sayer: "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"

1​

1​

139​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (114)

Disliked by:

• @sadchild

202​

1977​

Glen Campbell: "Southern Nights"

1​

0​

141​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (113)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

201​

1975​

Neil Sedaka: "Bad Blood"

1​

0​

150​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (104)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

200​

1976​

Diana Ross: "Love Hangover"

1​

0​

155​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (99)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

199​

1975​

Ohio Players: "Fire"

1​

0​

157​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (97)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

Another 5 coming up .....

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

You may be noticing a commonality in these songs by the person liking them. There is a reason for that.

@Aaron ranked 30 songs.
@Madison ranked 40 songs.
@Wolf ranked 50 songs.
@HecticArt ranked 55 songs.
@sadchild , @IdRatherBeSkiing , and @JHDK ranked 90 songs.
@scotchandcigar ranked 124 songs.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

And now the next 5 ...

198​

1972​

Sammy Davis Jr.: "Candy Man"

1​

2​

177​

Liked by:

• @JHDK (75)

Disliked by:

• @sadchild
• @HecticArt

197​

1978​

Donna Summer: "MacArthur Park"

1​

1​

177​

Liked by:

• @IdRatherBeSkiing (76)

Disliked by:

• @sadchild

196​

1972​

The Staple Singers: "I'll Take You There"

1​

0​

178​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (76)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

195​

1973​

Maureen McGovern: "The Morning After"

1​

0​

180​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (74)

Disliked by:

• Nobody

194​

1976​

Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots: "Disco Duck"

1​

2​

182​

Liked by:

• @sadchild (70)

Disliked by:

• @scotchandcigar
• @Aaron

More tomorrow.

 

[Aaron]

You may be noticing a commonality in these songs by the person liking them. There is a reason for that.

@Aaron ranked 30 songs.
@Madison ranked 40 songs.
@Wolf ranked 50 songs.
@HecticArt ranked 55 songs.
@sadchild , @IdRatherBeSkiing , and @JHDK ranked 90 songs.
@scotchandcigar ranked 124 songs.

I was curious how the one who perhaps most openly dislikes pop music was out here giving likes to Minnie Riperton

 

[Channel98]

Fontella Bass had a number-one R&B hit and #4 pop hit in November 1965 with Rescue Me. The uncredited background singers are Studio Three, a female trio that included 17-year-old Minnie Riperton.

 

[scotchandcigar]

You may be noticing a commonality in these songs by the person liking them. There is a reason for that.

@Aaron ranked 30 songs.
@Madison ranked 40 songs.
@Wolf ranked 50 songs.
@HecticArt ranked 55 songs.
@sadchild , @IdRatherBeSkiing , and @JHDK ranked 90 songs.
@scotchandcigar ranked 124 songs.

Ok, number 1: there was no limit on the lists. So if I liked the song at all, I left it in. I started with 256 (or whatever the total was), and ended up cutting half the songs. So I don't see what's wrong with that.

Number 2: I ranked the top 30, and then just arranged the rest as higher or lower. So I have no preference between my number 72 and number 78. Or number 95 and 103.

Frankly, I don't know why everyone didn't do this. Hectic did, but then he cut his list down.

I was curious how the one who perhaps most openly dislikes pop music was out here giving likes to Minnie Riperton

She deserves to be on the list, merely by giving birth to Maya Rudolph. But she's a soul singer; it's not disco, or teeny bopper pop. It's a torch song. And I'm sure it was low on my list.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Ok, number 1: there was no limit on the lists. So if I liked the song at all, I left it in. I started with 256 (or whatever the total was), and ended up cutting half the songs. So I don't see what's wrong with that.

Number 2: I ranked the top 30, and then just arranged the rest as higher or lower. So I have no preference between my number 72 and number 78. Or number 95 and 103.

Frankly, I don't know why everyone didn't do this. Hectic did, but then he cut his list down.

I meant no offence or judgment. I was just commenting because you had the longer of the lists your lower ranked songs are first to show up (where you do not combine with another voter). I cut myself off where I did because I did not like the songs enough to worry about order.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

She deserves to be on the list, merely by giving birth to Maya Rudolph. But she's a soul singer; it's not disco, or teeny bopper pop. It's a torch song. And I'm sure it was low on my list.

206​

1975​

Minnie Riperton: "Lovin' You"

1​

3​

127​

Liked by:

• @scotchandcigar (124)

Disliked by:

• @Channel98
• @sadchild
• @HecticArt

124th to be exact.

 

[Aaron]

Just messing also, I’m okay with that song

 

[scotchandcigar]

I meant no offence or judgment. I was just commenting because you had the longer of the lists your lower ranked songs are first to show up (where you do not combine with another voter). I cut myself off where I did because I did not like the songs enough to worry about order.

Just messing also, I’m okay with that song

No offense taken. I just find it funny that my bottom picks seem to be showing up on all of IRBS's lists. Like I said, I put the entire list into a word doc,

and then deleted the songs I didn't like; except I moved the real stinkers to it's own page. So I guess that left about half the list. Then I grabbed my favorites, and moved them to the top. And then I generally moved some songs up or down into higher or lower regions, ending with Minnie Riperton.