Billboard #1 Soul Songs: Best Of The '80s RD (COMPLETE)

[Soulsista]

Can't do without
Your tender love
There's no way out
And I can't help the way that I feel
I just can't help the way that I feel



25. Love Come Down - Evelyn "Champagne" King

Points: 709
Average: 24.74
Standard Deviation: 14.338 (11th highest)

1982 Rank: #3

Soulsista - 1
legend1982 - 4
Private Dancer - 4
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 5
.indulgecountry - 9
BB🌕 - 10

aerodynamite - 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 15
#LisaRinna - 16
Ky - 16
rowellfarm490 - 20

mamooshka - 21
SHOOTER - 23
gonecountry - 28
annoymous1 - 28
singingrulebritannia - 29
peacebone - 29


newpower - 32
back2blk - 34
jtd Thee Stallion - 35
samo🦕 - 35
ccarter1023 - 40
Ivy Leegue™ - 40
Glove Slap - 42
Mirago - 45
wyckyd - 47
Gonza'90 - 48

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Another Jackson song coming up. It's got 3 Top 10s and 4 bottom 10s.

[back2blk]

I did contemplate this one. Sorry sis

[annoymous1]

Please be The Way You Make Me Feel if its another MJ Song.

[.indulgecountry]

This is WAY too low. Smh.

[jenglisbe]

I didn't know people didn't like "The Way You Make Me Feel." The video is cringe, but it's one of my fave MJ songs. "Beat It" is my least fave of the songs in this thing.

[Soulsista]

I never felt so in love before
Just promise baby, you'll love me forevermore
I swear I'm keepin' you satisfied
'Cause you're the one for me



24. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

Points: 714
Average: 24.56
Standard Deviation: 12.562 (24th lowest)

1987 Rank: #3

jtd Thee Stallion - 3
Glove Slap - 3
wyckyd - 7

newpower - 11
rowellfarm490 - 13
aerodynamite - 16
Soulsista - 17
mamooshka - 17
ccarter1023 - 18
samo🦕 - 18

#LisaRinna - 21
back2blk - 21
BB🌕 - 21
annoymous1 - 21
SHOOTER - 25
Private Dancer - 28
Ivy Leegue™ - 28
singingrulebritannia - 30

legend1982 - 31
Mirago - 31
peacebone - 31
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 32
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 36

Gonza'90 - 43
.indulgecountry - 45
gonecountry - 47
Ky - 49

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


The next reveal will see the most Top 10 losses thus far, with 7. Five others will lose a bottom 10.

[Soulsista]

But now you're like the rest, unworthy of my best
Hasta la vista, baby



23. Looking For a New Love - Jody Watley

Points: 719
Average: 24.37
Standard Deviation: 14.752 (10th highest)

1987 Rank: #4

Mirago - 2
legend1982 - 5
Ky - 6
Private Dancer - 8
Glove Slap - 8
SHOOTER - 9
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 10

Soulsista - 12
.indulgecountry - 13
gonecountry - 15
newpower - 18
ccarter1023 - 19
Ivy Leegue™ - 20

back2blk - 22
aerodynamite - 26
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 28
peacebone - 30

Gonza'90 - 31
rowellfarm490 - 35
BB🌕 - 35
mamooshka - 39
#LisaRinna - 40

singingrulebritannia - 44
wyckyd - 44
annoymous1 - 44
samo🦕 - 47
jtd Thee Stallion - 48

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Five more Top 10s go down with the next reveal, taking 5 bottom 10s with it.

[Soulsista]

You used to tell me we'd run away together
Love gives you the right to be free
You said, "Be patient, just wait a little longer"
But that's just an old fantasy



22. Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston

And with that we bid farewell to 1985...

Points: 723
Average: 24.22
Standard Deviation: 14.784 (9th highest)

1985 Rank: #1

wyckyd - 3
ccarter1023 - 4
gonecountry - 7
jtd Thee Stallion - 7
annoymous1 - 9

legend1982 - 11
Ky - 11
Ivy Leegue™ - 13
Private Dancer - 14
samo🦕 - 15
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 15
back2blk - 17
.indulgecountry - 18

#LisaRinna - 23
Gonza'90 - 23
Mirago - 24
mamooshka - 27

SHOOTER - 35
Glove Slap - 35
BB🌕 - 37
peacebone - 39
newpower - 40

Soulsista - 41
rowellfarm490 - 45
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 45
aerodynamite - 46
singingrulebritannia - 50

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83

The last song to miss the Top 20 has the highest SD. Seven Top 10s will go down, along with six bottom 10s.

[Soulsista]

When I came home last night
You wouldn't make love to me
You went fast to sleep
You wouldn't even talk to me



21. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James

Points: 732
Average: 23.89
Standard Deviation: 16.22 (Highest)

1981 Rank: #3

back2blk - 2
Glove Slap - 2
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 3
SHOOTER - 5
peacebone - 5
singingrulebritannia - 7
Gonza'90 - 9

#LisaRinna - 12
jtd Thee Stallion - 12
legend1982 - 13
Soulsista - 14
samo🦕 - 14
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 18

rowellfarm490 - 22
annoymous1 - 30
.indulgecountry - 30

Private Dancer - 31
BB🌕 - 31
aerodynamite - 35
gonecountry - 37
wyckyd - 38

mamooshka - 43
Ivy Leegue™ - 43
ccarter1023 - 46
Ky - 46
newpower - 48
Mirago - 49

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83

[singingrulebritannia]

Knew this would be it from the hint

Just glad RJ beat my #50

[Soulsista]

The Top 20:

Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan
Beat It - Michael Jackson
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
When Doves Cry - Prince
Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
Kiss - Prince & The Revolution
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
Nasty - Janet Jackson
Control - Janet Jackson
The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
Paradise - Sade
Miss You Much - Janet Jackson
Back To Life - Soul II Soul


Five more will be revealed tomorrow...more #1s will go down, and Janet will finally make an appearance!

SPOILER: Click to show

{'80s Soul Reunion}legend1982 Private Dancer singingrulebritannia aerodynamite ccarter1023 rowellfarm490 #LisaRinna back2blk gonecountry SHOOTER mamooshka wyckyd jtd Thee Stallion BB🌕 Gonza'90 annoymous1 Mirago Ky Glove Slap samo🦕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry Ivy Leegue™ peacebone newpower divasummer Jay D83

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Damn...I wish Evelyn Champagne King and Jody Watley had made it into the top 20.

[annoymous1]

Way to go Janet!

[back2blk]

Rick James should have been top 10, at least

Y’all playing.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

I'm legit pressed right now. Evelyn and Rick James missing Top 20 YET MY 50 IS STILL IN

I swear on everything if any of y'all did Chaka wrong....

[Glove Slap]

Noooooo not Rick James!

[Jay D83]

I f**ks with Janet but chile, no.

Oh and "Miss You Much" is definitely winning.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Sept 6, 2021 11:37:41 GMT -5 Jay D83 said:

I f**ks with Janet but chile, no.

Oh and "Miss You Much" is definitely winning.

*sees Nasty and WHYDFML still in*

Nah fam

[SHOOTER]

Sept 5, 2021 19:55:59 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

What nutrients were SHOOTER and peacebone not given as a child? Both "YGGL" and "GYTBTIG" below 35 on their lists? I am seeking a perma ban.

*looks at the rankings*

Oh, I thought a fake ass R&B fan who ain’t even submit a list said something!

[back2blk]

Sept 6, 2021 12:39:49 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Sept 5, 2021 19:55:59 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

What nutrients were SHOOTER and peacebone not given as a child? Both "YGGL" and "GYTBTIG" below 35 on their lists? I am seeking a perma ban.

*looks at the rankings*

Oh, I thought a fake ass R&B fan who ain’t even submit a list said something!

WHOOO SAID THAAAT?

[#LisaRinna]

Sept 5, 2021 19:59:12 GMT -5 peacebone said:

Sept 5, 2021 19:55:59 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

What nutrients were SHOOTER and peacebone not given as a child? Both "YGGL" and "GYTBTIG" below 35 on their lists? I am seeking a perma ban.

the nutrient that allows me to stay awake while listening to them

What are you trying to insinuate? Tread lightly sis.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

I have come to the conclusion with all this blood shed and fighting, soulsista is secretly going for Axis of Evil 😝

[Private Dancer]

Well Diana is still in...Chaka has 2 still in but tomorrow I know they are going to get eliminated...then it'll be a battle between Janet and Micheal

[ccarter1023]

Poor Whitney. She deserves better than this.

[Soulsista]

Today's extra was a remake of The Temptations classic from 1965. His version peaked at #3 on the soul chart and #20 on the Hot 100 in 1988. He's currently serving a life sentence in prison for arson and murder, accused of setting fire to a crack house that killed a drug addict.

My Girl - Suave


Interesting fact: Suave was also involved the case of the death of The Notorious B.I.G., having perjured himself in court by recanting a statement implicating a cop involved in Biggie's death. Suge Knight was accused of sending him death threats to change his testimony.

[divasummer]

Sept 6, 2021 10:44:08 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

You used to tell me we'd run away together
Love gives you the right to be free
You said, "Be patient, just wait a little longer"
But that's just an old fantasy



22. Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston

And with that we bid farewell to 1985...

Points: 723
Average: 24.22
Standard Deviation: 14.784 (9th highest)

1985 Rank: #1

wyckyd - 3
ccarter1023 - 4
gonecountry - 7
jtd Thee Stallion - 7
annoymous1 - 9

legend1982 - 11
Ky - 11
Ivy Leegue™ - 13
Private Dancer - 14
samo🦕 - 15
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 15
back2blk - 17
.indulgecountry - 18

#LisaRinna - 23
Gonza'90 - 23
Mirago - 24
mamooshka - 27

SHOOTER - 35
Glove Slap - 35
BB🌕 - 37
peacebone - 39
newpower - 40

Soulsista - 41
rowellfarm490 - 45
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 45
aerodynamite - 46
singingrulebritannia - 50

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83

The last song to miss the Top 20 has the highest SD. Seven Top 10s will go down, along with six bottom 10s.

Are you kidding me!!!!!!!

[Soulsista]

Welcome back!

With 5 songs, Janet Jackson has yet to make an appearance in this rankdown. That changes with the next reveal. Her first song to leave us has 4 Top 10s and only 2 bottom 10s.

SPOILER: Click to show

{'80s Soul Reunion}legend1982 Private Dancer singingrulebritannia aerodynamite ccarter1023 rowellfarm490 #LisaRinna back2blk gonecountry SHOOTER mamooshka wyckyd jtd Thee Stallion BB🌕 Gonza'90 annoymous1 Mirago Ky Glove Slap samo🦕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry Ivy Leegue™ peacebone newpower divasummer Jay D83

[Soulsista]

When I was 17 I did what people told me
Did what my father said,
And let my mother mold me
But that was a long ago



20. Control - Janet Jackson

Points: 775
Average: 22.30
Standard Deviation: 11.938 (19th lowest)

1987 Rank: #1

aerodynamite - 4
annoymous1 - 5
samo🦕 - 5
.indulgecountry - 6

Ivy Leegue™ - 11
Private Dancer - 12
rowellfarm490 - 12
singingrulebritannia - 13
newpower - 16
wyckyd - 17
BB🌕 - 17
gonecountry - 19
Glove Slap - 19

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 21
Gonza'90 - 22
SHOOTER - 26
jtd Thee Stallion - 26
peacebone - 26
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 30

ccarter1023 - 31
#LisaRinna - 31
back2blk - 35
Mirago - 36
mamooshka - 37
Soulsista - 39

legend1982 - 41
Ky - 45

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Two #1s will go down with the next reveal. Three others will lose a bottom 10, with two being bottom 5s.

[Soulsista]

I'd wash the sand off the shore
Give you the world if it was mine
Blow you right to my door
Feels fine



19. Paradise - Sade

Saying goodbye to 1988 with apologies to aerodynamite and Gonza'90...

Points: 783
Average: 22.00
Standard Deviation: 13.61 (18th highest)

1988 Rank: #5

aerodynamite - 1
Gonza'90 - 1
newpower - 6
#LisaRinna - 8
Mirago - 8
rowellfarm490 - 9
Glove Slap - 9
mamooshka - 10

Ky - 12
.indulgecountry - 14
SHOOTER - 16
peacebone - 16
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 20

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 23
singingrulebritannia - 24
back2blk - 26
BB🌕 - 26
jtd Thee Stallion - 28
annoymous1 - 29

samo🦕 - 32
Soulsista - 33
Ivy Leegue™ - 34
wyckyd - 35
ccarter1023 - 38

legend1982 - 42
Private Dancer - 46
gonecountry - 48

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Seven Top 10s will be lost with the next reveal. Four others will shed a bottom 10...and someone will finally get a perfect ranking.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

This is one time I don't want the Perfect Ranking