base talk Janet vs. George Michael: the #1s

[Virgos Groove]

 

Two legends who dominated the 80s and 90s, with each having 10 US #1s.

 

 

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Spoiler

Don't forget to stream their scrapped collab.

 

 

 

Edited July 6 by Virgos Groove

[KatyPrismSpirit]

two legends and gay icons!

 

 

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

help the way i tried to not be biased but janet still devoured cause all her #1s are 10/10 songs. but father figure vs thats the way love goes was a tough one. 

Edited July 6 by KatyPrismSpirit

[Virgos Groove]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure (I refuse to pick. )

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Janet: 5

George: 4

[CherryBay]

All for George 

[xrosup]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

[Yog]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Janet Wins!! 

[Mariya Takeuchi]

Janet for all except for One More Try. That's one of the songs i want at my funeral 

[Janet]

All for Janet 

[AxelFox]

I'm just overwhelmed reading the song titles. So much greatness. 

 

I fully expect the 'let's get you to bed grandma' quotes but man they don't make music nowhere close t this level nowadays, it's really sad.

[Burn]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

close but George takes it!

[KatyPrismSpirit]

3 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

I'm just overwhelmed reading the song titles. So much greatness. 

 

I fully expect the 'let's get you to bed grandma' quotes but man they don't make music nowhere close t this level nowadays, it's really sad.

True. Normally I'm one to say "go to bed grandma" but mainstream music wise, nothing comes close to late 80s / early 90s hits

[Le Grande]

All for George. That was easy.

[ChooseyLover]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
7 vs. 4

 

I love Yog so much even though this doesn't reflect it... it would be harder to choose if Older and early 00s singles were part of the game, but the U.S. is absolutely tasteless and homophobic so they only loved him when he was closeted.

 

Edited July 6 by ChooseyLover

[blown away]

The amount of quality they both served is commendable.

 

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Careless Whisper

Escapade

Black Cat

Love Will Never Do (Without You)

That's the Way Love Goes

One More Try

Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter

All for You

[Virgos Groove]

8 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

I'm just overwhelmed reading the song titles. So much greatness. 

 

I fully expect the 'let's get you to bed grandma' quotes but man they don't make music nowhere close t this level nowadays, it's really sad.

I usually defend modern music, but you're right in this case. None of these boys or girls could ever release something on the level of RN1814 or Faith.

[SimpleKindofLife]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time (this one's way too hard to decide)

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Janet's taking it I fear

[moondust]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

[Bloodflowers.]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

5-5 a tie between these two legends!!

 

Since George Michael doesn't get enough credit on ATRL, I want to shoutout his holy trinity of best song: 

 

1. Waiting For That Day 

2. You Have Been Loved 

3. It Doesn't Really Matter 

 

RIP 

[DammnBaby]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Nearly a clean sweep!

[allforyou]

 

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Two of my favorite artists of all time but Janet wins by a small margin

[Bluemonday]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

George for the win. I collab between them would've been amazing. Multiple weeks at number 1 .

[Charmed Life]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Sorry Janet.

 

[jdanton2]

6  for Janet vs 4 for George

 

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

Again vs. One More Try

Together Again vs. Monkey

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

[bliaz]

When I Think of You vs. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

 

Miss You Much vs. Careless Whisper

 

Escapade vs. Everything She Wants

 

Black Cat vs. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

 

Love Will Never Do (Without You) vs. Faith

 

That's the Way Love Goes vs. Father Figure

 

Again vs. One More Try

 

Together Again vs. Monkey

 

Doesn't Really Matter vs. Praying for Time

 

All for You vs. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

 

Janet: 1

Michael: the rest

 

I really wanted to give more to Janet (Nothing Really Matter is so good), but Michael is one of my favorite artists. 

[Achilles.]

I don't know all of the songs from either of them, but Father Figure, One More Try, Faith, and Careless Whisper are enough that I'd vote for George over just about anyone.