Hello, my friends, old and new! We have finally reached the end of our Motown countdown. Let me remind you that four people voted for this list: I selected 200 songs, Effie gave us her top 100, Alan voted for 60 songs, and Joanna offered her top 20. Every one of us had a different #1 but the top 8 songs were given votes by all four of us. Then the songs at positions 9-18 were voted by three out of four voters, while the bottom two were seriously loved by two of us and ignored by the other two. Personally, I'm very happy with the top 20. Enough talk, let's get on with it!
Position: 20
Song: Sir Duke
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Year of Release: 1977 (1976)
Position: 19
Song: The Tears of a Clown
Artist: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Year of Release: 1970
Position: 18
Song: Touch Me in the Morning
Artist: Diana Ross
Year of Release: 1973
Position: 17
Song: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Year of Release: 1970
Position: 16
Song: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Artist: Jimmy Ruffin
Year of Release: 1966
Position: 15
Song: All Night Long (All Night)
Artist: Lionel Richie
Year of Release: 1983
Position: 14
Song: Please Mr. Postman
Artist: The Marvelettes
Year of Release: 1961
Position: 13
Song: What's Going On
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Year of Release: 1971
Position: 12
Song: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Artist: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Year of Release: 1967
Position: 11
Song: You've Really Got a Hold on Me
Artist: The Miracles
Year of Release: 1962
Position: 10
Song: Easy
Artist: Commodores
Year of Release: 1977
Position: 9
Song: My Guy
Artist: Mary Wells
Year of Release: 1964
Position: 8
Song: You Keep Me Hangin' On
Artist: The Supremes
Year of Release: 1966
Position: 7
Song: Get Ready
Artist: Rare Earth
Year of Release: 1969
Position: 6
Song: Money (That's What I Want)
Artist: Barrett Strong
Year of Release: 1959
Position: 5
Song: Superstition
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Year of Release: 1972
Position: 4
Song: Reach Out I'll Be There
Artist: The Four Tops
Year of Release: 1966
Position: 3
Song: Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Artist: The Temptations
Year of Release: 1972
Position: 2
Song: Dancing in the Street
Artist: Martha and the Vandellas
Year of Release: 1964
Position: 1
Song: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Year of Release: 1968
This is the version that opens the movie, The Big Cill (1983):
Now, let's continue with our statistics; there was a 27% rise in the number of visits compared to last week, which was good. The two stories that carried the week were my thoughts (in songs) from last Sunday, as well as an older story that gained a lot of interest because of a sad event: Pete Shelley's premature death at 63, made the Buzzcocks - Magazine - Pete Shelley story the most popular of the week.
As far as countries are concerned, the United States, Russia, Australia, Romania, and Ukraine were this week's winners, France, Italy, and Cyprus, suffered losses, while the United Kingdom, Greece, Canada, and Germany kept their percentages steady.
Here are this week's Top 10 countries:
1. the United States
2. Russia
3. the United Kingdom
4. Australia
5. Greece
6. Romania
7. Canada
8. Ukraine
9. Germany
10. France
Here are the other countries that graced us with their presence since our last statistics (alphabetically): Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Austria, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dutch Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba), Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, FYR Of Macedonia, Georgia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), the Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Happy to have you all!
And here's the all-time Top 10:
1. the United States = 32.4%
2. France = 17.7%
3. the United Kingdom = 11.5%
4. Greece = 8.3%
5. Russia = 2.6%
6. Canada = 1.9%
7. Germany = 1.8%
8. Italy = 0.95%
9. Cyprus = 0.86%
10. Australia = 0.80%
That's all for today, folks. Till the next one!
