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Reply #30 posted 12/18/11 9:54am

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MadamGoodnight said:

Okay, also no Let's Work, Pink Cashmere, Sexy MF, When 2 R In Love, The Dance, Friend Sister Lover Mother Wife, When I Lay My Hands On U. I'll be back after the poll closes.

Some of those songs didn't perform well enough in the first round to make it to the final round. We'll be able to talk about it soon. In the meantime, if anyone hasn't yet voted, better do it now before Javi closes the poll!

Oh I know, everyone has different tastes in music. I'm just being bad. lol It was fun, but hard at the same time. It was difficult for me to decide on the numbers. I was just surprised to see some not make the cut to the finals.

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Reply #31 posted 12/18/11 10:58am

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MadamGoodnight said:

electricberet said:

Some of those songs didn't perform well enough in the first round to make it to the final round. We'll be able to talk about it soon. In the meantime, if anyone hasn't yet voted, better do it now before Javi closes the poll!

Oh I know, everyone has different tastes in music. I'm just being bad. It was fun, but hard at the same time. It was difficult for me to decide on the numbers. I was just surprised to see some not make the cut to the finals.

So was I.

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Reply #32 posted 12/18/11 11:23am

Javi	Wow! 35 votes! I see that the last day of voting has been very animated. Thanks! The poll will remain opened for more than three hours, so you still have time to have your say!
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Reply #33 posted 12/18/11 2:41pm

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The poll is over, with 38 votes! Thank you!

When Doves Cry has won, followed by Purple Rain and If I Was Your Girlfriend.

On the other hand, the richness of Prince's catalogue can be exemplified considering that songs that weren't singles have made it into the top 25 (such as Joy In Repetition, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker and Anna Stesia), as well as B-Sides (She's Always In My Hair, Erotic City) and even songs that weren't released by Prince himself (A Love Bizarre, a track in a Sheila E album).

I'd like to thank electricberet for the idea of the polls: we've had fun and learned a lot with them! And also to those who have participated in the polls since they began in April.

To me, this has been a celebration of Prince's music, which constitutes one of the richest catalogues in contemporary popular music. So thanks also to you, Prince! You may be a cunt sometimes, but you're great! thumbs up!

I think we can discuss many things about the results of this final poll. Do you agree, do you feel represented by the results?

[Edited 12/18/11 14:42pm]

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Reply #34 posted 12/18/11 4:04pm

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Here are the complete final results:

1. When Doves Cry (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)

2. Purple Rain loses to When Doves Cry by 23–13

3. If I Was Your Girlfriend loses to When Doves Cry by 21–12, loses to Purple Rain by 19–16

4. Little Red Corvette loses to When Doves Cry by 22–13, loses to If I Was Your Girlfriend by 19–13

5. The Beautiful Ones loses to When Doves Cry by 23–14, loses to Little Red Corvette by 19–14

6. Sign O' The Times loses to When Doves Cry by 20–15, loses to The Beautiful Ones by 17–16

7. Controversy loses to When Doves Cry by 24–11, loses to The Beautiful Ones by 18–16

8. She's Always In My Hair loses to When Doves Cry by 26–9, loses to Controversy by 21–13

9. 1999 loses to When Doves Cry by 29–6, loses to She's Always In My Hair by 20–14

10. Adore loses to When Doves Cry by 25–10, loses to She's Always In My Hair by 19–15

11. Joy In Repetition loses to When Doves Cry by 27–8, loses to Adore by 19–13

12. Computer Blue loses to When Doves Cry by 26–9, loses to Joy In Repetition by 17–15

13. Erotic City loses to When Doves Cry by 27–10, loses to Computer Blue by 17–15

14. Mountains loses to When Doves Cry by 28–7, loses to Erotic City by 17–13

15. Tied:
Let's Go Crazy loses to When Doves Cry by 26–10, loses to Mountains by 17–13
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker loses to When Doves Cry by 28–7, loses to Mountains by 17–14

17. Tied:
Forever In My Life loses to When Doves Cry by 30–5, loses to Let's Go Crazy by 17–14
Kiss loses to When Doves Cry by 27–8, loses to Erotic City by 19–13

19. A Love Bizarre loses to When Doves Cry by 25–10, loses to Let's Go Crazy by 16–15

20. Anna Stesia loses to When Doves Cry by 26–8, loses to A Love Bizarre by 15–13

21. Raspberry Beret loses to When Doves Cry by 28–6, loses to Anna Stesia by 20–10

22. Girls And Boys loses to When Doves Cry by 27–7, loses to Anna Stesia by 18–10

23. Crystal Ball loses to When Doves Cry by 28–8, loses to Girls And Boys by 16–14

24. Tied:
Do Me, Baby loses to When Doves Cry by 29–8, loses to Girls And Boys by 17–15
Head loses to When Doves Cry by 29–6, loses to Girls And Boys by 17–11
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man loses to When Doves Cry by 28–8, loses to Girls And Boys by 17–15
I Wanna Be Your Lover loses to When Doves Cry by 29–5, loses to Girls And Boys by 19–11

28. Anotherloverholenyohead loses to When Doves Cry by 26–10, loses to I Wanna Be Your Lover by 16–14

29. 17 Days loses to When Doves Cry by 27–9, loses to Anotherloverholenyohead by 16–15

30. Alphabet St. loses to When Doves Cry by 29–6, loses to 17 Days by 19–12

31. Automatic loses to When Doves Cry by 29–6, loses to Alphabet St. by 16–14

32. Tied:
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) loses to When Doves Cry by 28–7, loses to Automatic by 16–12
When You Were Mine loses to When Doves Cry by 30–5, loses to Automatic by 18–14

34. D.M.S.R. loses to When Doves Cry by 28–6, loses to When You Were Mine by 16–14

35. Strange Relationship loses to When Doves Cry by 32–5, loses to D.M.S.R. by 18–14

36. Darling Nikki loses to When Doves Cry by 29–7, loses to Strange Relationship by 17–15

37. Lady Cab Driver loses to When Doves Cry by 30–4, loses to Darling Nikki by 15–12

38. Dirty Mind loses to When Doves Cry by 29–7, loses to Lady Cab Driver by 16–13

39. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore loses to When Doves Cry by 29–7, loses to Dirty Mind by 18–14

40. The Question Of U loses to When Doves Cry by 26–9, loses to How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore by 18–15

41. Empty Room loses to When Doves Cry by 28–8, loses to The Question Of U by 16–14

42. I Would Die 4 U loses to When Doves Cry by 28–7, loses to The Question Of U by 18–13

43. Sometimes It Snows In April loses to When Doves Cry by 29–5, loses to I Would Die 4 U by 16–13

44. The Cross loses to When Doves Cry by 28–6, loses to Sometimes It Snows In April by 15–12

45. Gett Off loses to When Doves Cry by 31–3, loses to Sometimes It Snows In April by 14–13

46. Uptown loses to When Doves Cry by 29–5, loses to Gett Off by 19–9

47. Let's Pretend We're Married loses to When Doves Cry by 30–6, loses to Uptown by 15–13

48. Pop Life loses to When Doves Cry by 28–7, loses to I Would Die 4 U by 16–14

49. Cream loses to When Doves Cry by 30–5, loses to Pop Life by 16–12

50. Hot Thing loses to When Doves Cry by 30–4, loses to Pop Life by 15–12

51. U Got The Look loses to When Doves Cry by 30–4, loses to Hot Thing by 15–13

52. Paisley Park loses to When Doves Cry by 32–3, loses to U Got The Look by 15–13

53. Bambi loses to When Doves Cry by 31–3, loses to Cream by 16–12

54. Old Friends 4 Sale (Original Version) loses to When Doves Cry by 29–5, loses to Bambi by 18–11

55. The Love We Make loses to When Doves Cry by 30–4, loses to Old Friends 4 Sale (Original Version) by 15–12

56. Condition Of The Heart loses to When Doves Cry by 29–5, loses to Old Friends 4 Sale (Original Version) by 14–13

57. Starfish And Coffee loses to When Doves Cry by 32–4, loses to Condition Of The Heart by 17–13

58. Extra Loveable loses to When Doves Cry by 31–3, loses to Starfish And Coffee by 17–12

59. Love Thy Will Be Done loses to When Doves Cry by 31–2, loses to Extra Loveable by 15–14

60. Housequake loses to When Doves Cry by 29–5, loses to Condition Of The Heart by 14–13

61. International Lover loses to When Doves Cry by 32–3, loses to Housequake by 19–7

62. Endorphinemachine loses to When Doves Cry by 31–3, loses to International Lover by 15–12

63. Partyup loses to When Doves Cry by 30–4, loses to Endorphinemachine by 14–13

64. All Day All Night loses to When Doves Cry by 31–4, loses to Endorphinemachine by 13–12

65. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad loses to When Doves Cry by 32–2, loses to All Day All Night by 15–13

66. Around The World In A Day loses to When Doves Cry by 32–3, loses to Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad by 15–14

67. Electric Intercourse loses to When Doves Cry by 29–6, loses to Around The World In A Day by 18–9

68. Play In The Sunshine loses to When Doves Cry by 30–5, loses to Around The World In A Day by 17–10

69. Electric Chair loses to When Doves Cry by 31–3, loses to Electric Intercourse by 14–12

70. Another Lonely Christmas loses to When Doves Cry by 33–3, loses to Electric Chair by 14–12

71. Feel U Up loses to When Doves Cry by 33–2, loses to Another Lonely Christmas by 14–11

72. Irresistible Bitch loses to When Doves Cry by 31–4, loses to Around The World In A Day by 17–9

73. Hello loses to When Doves Cry by 31–5, loses to Irresistible Bitch by 12–11

74. I Wonder U loses to When Doves Cry by 32–3, loses to Hello by 15–11

75. Wonderful Ass loses to When Doves Cry by 30–5, loses to I Wonder U by 16–10

76. Power Fantastic loses to When Doves Cry by 34–1, loses to I Wonder U by 14–13

77. New Position loses to When Doves Cry by 34–1, loses to I Wonder U by 14–13

78. Shockadelica loses to When Doves Cry by 31–5, loses to Power Fantastic by 13–10

79. The Future loses to When Doves Cry by 33–1, loses to Shockadelica by 13–12

80. A Million Days loses to When Doves Cry by 32–2, loses to The Future by 15–12

81. Gotta Broken Heart Again loses to When Doves Cry by 33–1, loses to A Million Days by 14–12

82. Call My Name loses to When Doves Cry by 32–3, loses to Gotta Broken Heart Again by 17–10

83. In A Large Room With No Light loses to When Doves Cry by 33–2, loses to Call My Name by 15–13

84. La, La, La, He, He, Hee loses to When Doves Cry by 33–3, loses to In A Large Room With No Light by 13–12

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Reply #35 posted 12/18/11 4:12pm

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Javi said:

The poll is over, with 38 votes! Thank you!

When Doves Cry has won, followed by Purple Rain and If I Was Your Girlfriend.

On the other hand, the richness of Prince's catalogue can be exemplified considering that songs that weren't singles have made it into the top 25 (such as Joy In Repetition, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker and Anna Stesia), as well as B-Sides (She's Always In My Hair, Erotic City) and even songs that weren't released by Prince himself (A Love Bizarre, a track in a Sheila E album).

I'd like to thank electricberet for the idea of the polls: we've had fun and learned a lot with them! And also to those who have participated in the polls since they began in April.

To me, this has been a celebration of Prince's music, which constitutes one of the richest catalogues in contemporary popular music. So thanks also to you, Prince! You may be a cunt sometimes, but you're great!

I think we can discuss many things about the results of this final poll. Do you agree, do you feel represented by the results?

[Edited 12/18/11 14:42pm]

And thank you, Javi, for seeing this through to a conclusion. We never would have gotten this far without you!

This series of polls should give us a lot to talk about, I think. For one thing, the next time someone refers to a particular song as "unappreciated" by fans, we have some data to determine whether that's really the case. The songs that made the top 25 here are obviously well appreciated. However, there are many other great songs that didn't even make the final rounds. In some cases, the reason could be that they just aren't familiar to as many fans as they should be.

One thing I find interesting is the placement of "She's Always In My Hair" at #8. It far outranks any of the tracks from the ATWIAD album. Should it have been included on that album? Should it have been released as an A-side? When people talk about ATWIAD and whether it was a good follow-up to Purple Rain, it might be worth considering why the strongest song from that period was left off the album.

I also didn't realize how much love there is for "Joy in Repetition," which came in at #11. It's a good song, but I didn't know it was that popular among fans. This isn't a fluke, either, because it has performed well in all the polls in which it was a choice.

I'm happy to see "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" in the top 25. I have a hard time deciding which is my favorite Prince song, that one or the Lovesexy title track.

There was a thread earlier about the best Prince song that he gave to someone else. The obvious winner is "A Love Bizarre," though, since it was a duet with Sheila E., it's in a special category.

Anyway, I thank everyone for participating. It's been fun. If the org is still around in 5 or 10 years, it might be interesting for us to repeat this series of polls and see how things change. In the meantime, feel free to use the CIVS website to start your own polls.

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Reply #36 posted 12/18/11 5:42pm

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Thanks to both of you for taking the time to do this project. The choices haven't always been easy for me, but it has been interesting. There's really no way to be disappointed in the final outcome; look at what we had to choose from. I thought Housequake, Strange Relationship, and more of the tracks from the Dirty Mind lp would've placed higher, but it's all good.

All my fellow orgers need to exchange personnal contact information with me, because the people make this place special, and I'd miss every single one of you if the org ceased to be.

Good job you guys! Looking forward to 2016... wink

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Reply #37 posted 12/18/11 10:13pm

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MadamGoodnight said:

Not what I was expecting. No Shhh, Insatiable, Scandalous, Black Sweat, Future Babymama, Soft And Wet, Sexy Dancer, Private Joy, Musicology, I Hate U, Purple Music, Wouldn't U love 2 Love Me?, or Do Yourself A Favor, Turn It Up. Interesting. On the other hand, I saw several that are on my least favorite song list.

Like Prince said though, they're all his kids.

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You are so right and even more songs you didn't name! biggrin cool

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Reply #38 posted 12/18/11 11:46pm

Emancipation89	^^^ Agreed with you all. How could I forget Insatiable and Scandalous?! But yeah, this was fun. Congrats to When Doves Cry I guess
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Reply #39 posted 12/19/11 6:27am

Javi

electricberet said:

Javi said:

The poll is over, with 38 votes! Thank you!

When Doves Cry has won, followed by Purple Rain and If I Was Your Girlfriend.

On the other hand, the richness of Prince's catalogue can be exemplified considering that songs that weren't singles have made it into the top 25 (such as Joy In Repetition, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker and Anna Stesia), as well as B-Sides (She's Always In My Hair, Erotic City) and even songs that weren't released by Prince himself (A Love Bizarre, a track in a Sheila E album).

I'd like to thank electricberet for the idea of the polls: we've had fun and learned a lot with them! And also to those who have participated in the polls since they began in April.

To me, this has been a celebration of Prince's music, which constitutes one of the richest catalogues in contemporary popular music. So thanks also to you, Prince! You may be a cunt sometimes, but you're great!

I think we can discuss many things about the results of this final poll. Do you agree, do you feel represented by the results?

[Edited 12/18/11 14:42pm]

And thank you, Javi, for seeing this through to a conclusion. We never would have gotten this far without you!

This series of polls should give us a lot to talk about, I think. For one thing, the next time someone refers to a particular song as "unappreciated" by fans, we have some data to determine whether that's really the case. The songs that made the top 25 here are obviously well appreciated. However, there are many other great songs that didn't even make the final rounds. In some cases, the reason could be that they just aren't familiar to as many fans as they should be.

One thing I find interesting is the placement of "She's Always In My Hair" at #8. It far outranks any of the tracks from the ATWIAD album. Should it have been included on that album? Should it have been released as an A-side? When people talk about ATWIAD and whether it was a good follow-up to Purple Rain, it might be worth considering why the strongest song from that period was left off the album.

I also didn't realize how much love there is for "Joy in Repetition," which came in at #11. It's a good song, but I didn't know it was that popular among fans. This isn't a fluke, either, because it has performed well in all the polls in which it was a choice.

I'm happy to see "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" in the top 25. I have a hard time deciding which is my favorite Prince song, that one or the Lovesexy title track.

There was a thread earlier about the best Prince song that he gave to someone else. The obvious winner is "A Love Bizarre," though, since it was a duet with Sheila E., it's in a special category.

Anyway, I thank everyone for participating. It's been fun. If the org is still around in 5 or 10 years, it might be interesting for us to repeat this series of polls and see how things change. In the meantime, feel free to use the CIVS website to start your own polls.

I love Around The World In A Day, but, in my opinion, "America" is a total flop in the album. Neither its sound nor the lyrics fit well in it. Had "She's Always In My Hair" been placed as the opener of Side B instead of "America", the album would be among my three Prince favourites.

I'm happy to see "Joy In Repetition" ranking so high. I always think of it together with "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker" and "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)" as very idiosyncratic songs that excel in Prince's catalogue.

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Reply #40 posted 12/20/11 1:19am

Adorecream	I actually voted, just chose the bottom 40 songs as last equal as could not be bothered ranking them all. My favourite only got to #10 but was #6 when I voted. When Doves Cry to me is alright, but there are better songs, I voted it about 20th Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
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