Onge's Erasure Page - Interact - Archive Polls

From June 2007 to November 2008, site visitors were given the opportunity to vote in the third major Erasure poll run on this site. In total 193 visitors completed the poll and the results are published below. These results have been compared to the previous Poll 2003-04 to see if views have changed since the last poll was ran all those years a go. Where applicable, the following graphical key compares the results of this poll to those of the Poll 2003-04.

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Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Male	168	86%
Female	25	14%

Male fans continue to greatly outnumber female fans, with a massive 86% of fans having the Y chromosome. The number of female fans has actually declined somewhat since the last poll was run. Are female fans really moving on?

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Under 16	1	1%
16-21	10	5%
22-30	37	19%
31-40	132	68%
40+	13	7%

No surprise that as time ticks on, the average age of an Erasure fan increases, with over two third now in the 31-40 years old bracket. The 21 and unders continue to decline, down 50% on the previous poll, which sadly indicates that a new generation of youngsters are not becoming Erasure fans. Given the boys' lack of recent chart success and media coverage this is no shock to anyone.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Chorus	50	26%
Erasure	28	15%
I Say I Say I Say	26	13%
The Innocents	25	13%
Wild!	19	10%
Nightbird	18	9%
Light At The End Of The World	12	6%
Cowboy	9	5%
The Circus	4	2%
Loveboat	2	1%
Other People's Songs	0	0%
The Two Ring Circus	0	0%
Union Street	0	0%
Wonderland	0	0%

In the last poll, Erasure pipped Chorus by a single vote, but this time Chorus was a clear winner picking up over a quarter of the total vote. Encouraging new entries for Nightbird and Light At The End Of The World help to hide the fact that the other albums released in the 2000s managed just two votes between them. For the third time running, The Two Ring Circus comes last, although surely Wonderland is a better album than zero votes would imply?

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	A Little Respect	45
2nd	Drama!	33
3rd	Always	26
4th	Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)	22
5th=	Rock Me Gently	19
5th=	Sometimes	19
7th=	Chorus	18
7th=	Oh L'amour	18
9th	Blue Savannah	17
10th	Love To Hate You	16
11th	Sunday Girl	14
12th=	Breathe	13
12th=	Hideaway	13
12th=	Phantom Bride	13
15th	Home	12
	Total Votes: 563

For the first time, votes for multiple songs was encouraged resulting in many more nominations than ever before. The result sees A Little Respect regain the crown it won in Poll 2000-01, comfortably knocking the surprise runner-up Drama! into second place. The previous winner Always slips to third place. In My Arms and Am I Right?, both of which charted well in the previous two polls, drop out of the top 15. The only songs from the 21st Century to make the grade are Sunday Girl and Breathe in 11th and 12th place.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	Tenderest Moments	18
2nd	Don't Suppose	16
3rd	Over The Rainbow	12
4th	Tragic	9
5th=	Let It Flow	7
5th=	Runaround On The Underground	7
5th=	Supernature	7
5th=	Take Me On A Highway	7
5th=	True Love Wars	7
5th=	Waiting For Sex	7
5th=	When I Needed You	7
	Total Votes: 170

After two successive victories, Don't Suppose is relegated to the runners-up spot as Tenderest Moments moves up one place to #1. No doubt the inclusion of this track on Union Street opened it up to a wider audience and hence is probably responsible for its victory. The excellent Tragic moves into the top 4 and there are five new entries in the Top 10 with the biggest drop going to La La La - fourth last time out, this time it just slips outside the Top 10.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	I Say I Say I Say	57
2nd	Chorus (Album)	16
3rd	Always	11
4th	Nightbird	9
5th=	Crackers International EP	8
5th=	Wild!	8
7th=	Light At The End Of The World	7
7th=	The Innocents	7
9th=	Cowboy	6
9th=	The Circus (Album)	6
	Total Votes: 170

Well, it's almost pointless running this categories as I Say I Say I Say always wins - and by a massive margin! That's not the say it's not a worthy winner, because it clearly is. No change at number two either although there were high new entries for Nightbird and Light At The End Of The World. If it was down to me, all the singles from I Say I Say I Say would make the Top 10. As it is, only Always made it and moves up four places to into the Top 3.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	A Little Respect	20
2nd	Love To Hate You	19
3rd	Always	16
4th	Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)	13
5th	Take A Chance On Me	12
6th	Am I Right?	11
7th=	Drama!	10
7th=	Sometimes	10
9th=	Breathe	6
9th=	Rock Me Gently	6
	Total Votes: 169

A Little Respect makes it two successive wins in this categories, seeing off Love To Hate You by a single vote. Previous joint winners Am I Right? and Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) both fall, whilst Poll 2000-01 winner Always climbs back into the Top 3. Largely I'd say the best Erasure videos are found above, although Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) really should be in the Top 10, but just missed out this time around coming in at #11.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	Solsbury Hill	29
2nd	Take A Chance On Me	14
3rd=	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!	13
3rd=	Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)	13
3rd=	Rapture	13
6th=	Lay All Your Love On Me	12
6th=	Supernature	12
8th	S.O.S.	10
9th	Goodnight	9
10th=	Hi NRG	7
10th=	Voulez-Vous	7
	Total Votes: 160

Solbury Hill lasts the test of time and regains its top spot in the covers category. Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) and Goodnight both drop from the top three as the winner from Poll 2000-01, Take A Chance On Me (my least favourite of the Abba covers), climbs into second place. Three b-sides make the top 10 which isn't exactly an endorsement for the Other People's Songs album!

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st=	Am I Right? - The Grid Mix / Dave Bascombe Mix	7
1st=	Blue Savannah - Mark Saunders Mix	7
3rd=	Sunday Girl - Riffs & Rays Radio Edit	5
3rd=	Supernature - William Orbit Remix	5
5th=	Always - Microbots Trance Dance Mix	4
5th=	Chorus - Pure Trance Mix	4
5th=	Hideaway - Little Louie Vega Mix	4
5th=	Moon & The Sky - JC's Heaven Scent Radio Re-Work	4
9th=	Always - Extended Mix	3
9th=	Sucker For Love - Extended Mix	3
	Total Votes: 160

Joint winners in this category, and both very worthy winners they are too. Previous winner Always - Microbots Trance Dance Mix falls to 5th place and the chart is swamped by new entries with two coming joint third. It's nice to see Hideaway - Little Louie Vega Mix climbing up the table as this is one of the few Erasure remixes out there that is superior to the original version.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Loveboat	48	27%
Other People's Songs	38	22%
Union Street	34	19%
The Two Ring Circus	11	6%
Light At The End Of The World	8	5%
Erasure	7	4%
Cowboy	6	3%
Nightbird	5	3%
The Circus	5	3%
Wild!	5	3%
I Say I Say I Say	4	2%
Wonderland	4	2%
Chorus	2	1%
The Innocents	0	0%

The much maligned Loveboat makes it two successive "victories" in this categories picking up over a quarter of the total vote. The fact that a massive 76% of the votes have gone to albums released since the turn of the century is another damning commentary on the quality of the band's output in the 00s. Despite not receiving a single vote in the favourite album category, Wonderland is nowhere near the top in this category either, implying the album is neither held in high or low regard by fans in general.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	La Gloria	30
2nd	Sixty-Five Thousand	21
3rd	No G.D.M.	19
4th	Pistol	13
5th	91 Steps	12
6th	Perchance To Dream	11
7th=	Surreal	9
7th=	Video Killed The Radio Star	9
9th	Sexuality	8
10th	How My Eyes Adore You	7
	Total Votes: 397

Three in a row for La Gloria with the Top 3 being the same songs as previously. 91 Steps, Vince's answer to Tubular Bells, sticks in fifth place with five new entries entering the Top 10. Video Killed The Radio Star is several places too low and Sucker For Love should also have made the list, but only come in joint 14th. Two Loveboat tracks make the list - it really isn't the fans' most favourite is it!

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Who Needs Love (Like That)	14	7%
Reunion	21	11%
Cry So Easy	18	9%
Push Me Shove Me	16	8%
Heavenly Action	11	6%
Say What	5	3%
Love Is A Loser	22	12%
Senseless	13	7%
My Heart...So Blue	16	8%
Oh L'amour	53	28%
Pistol	1	1%

A resounding win for Oh L'amour, which romps home to victory with 28% of the total vote. The upbeat Love Is A Loser and Reunion complete the top three. No surprise to see Pistol coming last with only a solitary vote to its name - after all this track was not included on the US release of this album.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Who Needs Love (Like That)	10	6%
Reunion	5	3%
Cry So Easy	5	3%
Push Me Shove Me	17	9%
Heavenly Action	21	12%
Say What	32	18%
Love Is A Loser	11	6%
Senseless	10	6%
My Heart...So Blue	9	5%
Oh L'amour	5	3%
Pistol	51	29%

Pistol is the clear winner in this category with Say What in second and Heavenly Action, the single that just scraped into the Top 100 of The Official UK Singles Chart back in 1985 come in third. No other track received more than 10% of the total vote.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
It Doesn't Have To Be	7	4%
Hideaway	60	31%
Don't Dance	5	3%
If I Could	2	1%
Sexuality	5	3%
Victim Of Love	23	12%
Leave Me To Bleed	10	5%
Sometimes	40	21%
The Circus	15	8%
Spiralling	20	10%
In The Hall Of The Mountain King	3	2%

The excellent Hideaway is the triumphant winner, surprisingly beating the hit single Sometimes into second place. The sublime Spiralling does well to secure 4th place just behind Victim Of Love. I must admit I didn't expect to see If I Could coming last - surely this is superior to In The Hall Of The Mountain King?

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
It Doesn't Have To Be	8	5%
Hideaway	2	1%
Don't Dance	27	15%
If I Could	13	7%
Sexuality	33	18%
Victim Of Love	3	2%
Leave Me To Bleed	10	6%
Sometimes	2	1%
The Circus	8	5%
Spiralling	5	3%
In The Hall Of The Mountain King	66	37%

The drab cover of In The Hall Of The Mountain King rightfully comes out on top here, with over a third of the total vote. Disappointingly Sexuality is in second place - I for one think it's a great track. No surprises to see Hideaway and Sometimes at the bottom; this just confirms their popularity.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
A Little Respect	58	31%
Ship Of Fools	19	10%
Phantom Bride	42	22%
Chains Of Love	16	8%
Hallowed Ground	11	6%
Sixty-Five Thousand	0	0%
Heart Of Stone	12	6%
Yahoo!	6	3%
Imagination	6	3%
Witch In The Ditch	5	3%
Weight Of The World	4	2%
When I Needed You	10	5%
River Deep, Mountain High	1	1%

Little surprise to see the timeless A Little Respect come out as the winner here, nor to see the excellent Phantom Bride in second. Interestingly, the first three tracks register nearly two-thirds of the total votes - does this mean the opening songs are exceptionally good or that the album declines rapidly afterwards? I'll let you be the judge of that.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
A Little Respect	3	2%
Ship Of Fools	4	2%
Phantom Bride	2	1%
Chains Of Love	4	2%
Hallowed Ground	4	2%
Sixty-Five Thousand	93	52%
Heart Of Stone	2	1%
Yahoo!	11	6%
Imagination	2	1%
Witch In The Ditch	16	9%
Weight Of The World	7	4%
When I Needed You	7	4%
River Deep, Mountain High	24	14%

Absolutely no surprises here, except for the number of votes for Sixty-Five Thousand - surely more than 52% of you feel it is the weakest track on the album (how did A Little Respect get three votes?!). This fairly pointless instrumental would have been better served as an b-side, allowing the fine Don't Suppose a place on the album instead.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Piano Song - Instrumental	1	1%
Blue Savannah	38	20%
Drama!	53	28%
How Many Times?	13	7%
Star	11	6%
La Gloria	2	1%
You Surround Me	23	12%
Brother And Sister	28	14%
2000 Miles	1	1%
Crown Of Thorns	4	2%
Piano Song	15	8%

Given that Drama! came second in the favourite song section, its victory here is to be expected, although personally I feel Blue Savannah is a more worthy winner. It's nice to see Brother And Sister in third place although I'm not sure where the single vote for Piano Song - Instrumental came from - surely the vocal version is far superior?

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Piano Song - Instrumental	22	12%
Blue Savannah	2	1%
Drama!	1	1%
How Many Times?	7	4%
Star	12	7%
La Gloria	70	39%
You Surround Me	4	2%
Brother And Sister	5	3%
2000 Miles	26	15%
Crown Of Thorns	18	10%
Piano Song	11	6%

Another undesirable "accolade" for La Gloria as the Spanish themed track registered over a third of the total vote. The less serious songs aren't especially popular as 2000 Miles gets the runners-up spot. Star also seems a bit undervalued obtaining 7% of the vote. Perhaps the lamentable video has turned some fans off this track.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Chorus	37	20%
Waiting For The Day	33	17%
Joan	5	3%
Breath Of Life	22	12%
Am I Right?	14	7%
Love To Hate You	28	15%
Turns The Love To Anger	8	4%
Siren Song	11	6%
Perfect Stranger	12	6%
Home	19	10%

A very close category which eventually saw my least favourite track, Chorus, win with 20% of the votes. The brilliant Waiting For The Day is rightly up there with the singles Breath Of Life and Love To Hate You. Joan appears to be a bit underrated to me, but there has to be a track has to comes last.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Chorus	14	9%
Waiting For The Day	13	8%
Joan	55	33%
Breath Of Life	4	2%
Am I Right?	12	7%
Love To Hate You	9	5%
Turns The Love To Anger	18	11%
Siren Song	18	11%
Perfect Stranger	20	12%
Home	4	2%

Joan cements its place as the fans' least favourite Chorus track having received 55 votes in this category. It is interesting to note that the most popular in the favourites vote did not receive the lowest number of votes in this poll. Whilst Home only just made the Top 5 in the favourites poll, here it gets the joint least number of votes.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Take Me Back	29	16%
I Love Saturday	18	10%
Man In The Moon	6	3%
So The Story Goes	2	1%
Run To The Sun	17	9%
Always	52	28%
All Through The Years	20	11%
Blues Away	10	5%
Miracle	14	7%
Because You're So Sweet	19	10%

Always predictably was the clear winner in this category, with the phenomenal Take Me Back coming in second place. Largely, there wasn't a great deal between the rest of the tracks, although So The Story Goes is a little adrift at the bottom. Man In The Moon appears to be another track that's not especially popular, despite my fondness for it.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Take Me Back	6	4%
I Love Saturday	7	4%
Man In The Moon	23	14%
So The Story Goes	29	17%
Run To The Sun	10	6%
Always	2	1%
All Through The Years	19	11%
Blues Away	43	26%
Miracle	10	6%
Because You're So Sweet	19	11%

Despite only receiving two votes in the favourite category, So The Story Goes is not voted the least popular track from I Say I Say I Say, with Blues Away topping this poll with over a quarter of the vote. Quite how Always got two votes in this poll is frankly anyone's guess!

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Intro - Guess I'm Into Feeling	1	1%
Rescue Me	16	8%
Sono Luminus	30	16%
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)	65	34%
Rock Me Gently	23	12%
Grace	8	4%
Stay With Me	22	11%
Love The Way You Do So	5	3%
Angel	13	7%
I Love You	4	2%
A Long Goodbye	3	2%

Another clear winner as the excellent Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) received over twice as many votes as its closest rival Sono Luminus. And to think this song may never have evolved from Cold Summer's Day and could have been missed by many fans. I'm not sure how Intro - Guess I'm Into Feeling got its one solitary vote.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Intro - Guess I'm Into Feeling	38	22%
Rescue Me	4	2%
Sono Luminus	11	6%
Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)	1	1%
Rock Me Gently	9	5%
Grace	22	13%
Stay With Me	8	4%
Love The Way You Do So	26	15%
Angel	7	4%
I Love You	22	13%
A Long Goodbye	25	15%

Intro - Guess I'm Into Feeling, or a poor man's True Love Wars as I like to refer to it as, rightfully gained the most votes in this category although I am surprised and disappointed to see A Long Goodbye in the Top 3. Barring the opening track, the majority of the votes come for tracks in the second half of the album.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Rain	26	14%
Worlds On Fire	13	7%
Reach Out	6	3%
In My Arms	33	18%
Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me	29	15%
Precious	13	7%
Treasure	6	3%
Boy	7	4%
How Can I Say	10	5%
Save Me Darling	38	20%
Love Affair	7	4%

With a fifth of the votes, the sublime Save Me Darling is the most popular song from Cowboy, with the three singles from this album completing the Top 4. There aren't many votes separating the remaining tracks which begs the question why wasn't Save Me Darling released as a single?

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Rain	10	6%
Worlds On Fire	7	4%
Reach Out	24	14%
In My Arms	4	2%
Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me	13	7%
Precious	23	13%
Treasure	21	12%
Boy	21	12%
How Can I Say	12	7%
Save Me Darling	10	6%
Love Affair	30	17%

Numerous contenders in this category, implying there is no stand out track that is weaker than the rest. Love Affair obtained the most votes, which I can just about accept, but Reach Out in second? I love that track! Worlds On Fire is one of those tracks that got few votes in both categories, suggesting it is neither adored or despised in general.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Freedom	30	16%
Where In The World	15	8%
Crying In The Rain	2	1%
Perchance To Dream	18	10%
Alien	39	21%
Mad As We Are	9	5%
Here In My Heart	15	8%
Love Is The Rage	18	10%
Catch 22	19	10%
Moon & The Sky	16	9%
Surreal	5	2%

Alien is the worthy winner here, with over a fifth of the overall vote. Whilst I certainly agree it is the best song on Loveboat, the much debated production issues do hamper the track, meaning I prefer the acoustic version instead. No surprise to see the leading single Freedom up in second place.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Freedom	13	8%
Where In The World	9	5%
Crying In The Rain	28	16%
Perchance To Dream	18	11%
Alien	4	2%
Mad As We Are	30	17%
Here In My Heart	6	3%
Love Is The Rage	11	6%
Catch 22	13	8%
Moon & The Sky	14	8%
Surreal	27	16%

I certainly concur with the verdict here: Mad As We Are is the weakest track from this album in my opinion also. I think Surreal is under-appreciated though, having come in second place with 16% of the vote. Perchance To Dream seems to divide the fans with this track receiving the same number of votes in the favourite and least favourite categories.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Solsbury Hill	74	40%
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime	8	4%
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)	42	23%
Everyday	6	3%
When Will I See You Again	4	2%
Walking In The Rain	1	1%
True Love Ways	1	1%
Ebb Tide	6	3%
Can't Help Falling In Love	6	3%
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	9	5%
Goodnight	27	14%
Video Killed The Radio Star	2	1%

With a massive 40% of the vote, Solsbury Hill destroys the opposition to come out on top in this category. The two other clear album highlights rightfully come in second and third. Indeed with over three quarters of the total vote, the Top 3 really have shown themselves to be substantially more popular than the rest of the album.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Solsbury Hill	2	1%
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime	7	4%
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)	5	3%
Everyday	15	9%
When Will I See You Again	7	4%
Walking In The Rain	20	11%
True Love Ways	10	5%
Ebb Tide	26	15%
Can't Help Falling In Love	14	8%
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	11	6%
Goodnight	12	7%
Video Killed The Radio Star	48	27%

Mercifully, the dreadful Video Killed The Radio Star received more votes than any other song in this category. It really should never have made the album in the first place. Ebb Tide is a better track than its second place implies, although the same cannot be said about Walking In The Rain, which came in third.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
No Doubt	16	9%
Here I Go Impossible Again	27	15%
Let's Take One More Rocket To The Moon	13	7%
Breathe	38	21%
I'll Be There	3	2%
Because Our Love Is Real	4	2%
Don't Say You Love Me	23	12%
All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love	31	17%
I Broke It All In Two	3	2%
Sweet Surrender	8	4%
I Bet You're Mad At Me	17	9%

I rate Breathe as the finest song of the decade by any artist, so I'd have been mortified if it hadn't come out on top in this category! All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love and Here I Go Impossible Again are second and third respectively, although I'd liked to have seen Don't Say You Love Me above both of these.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
No Doubt	17	10%
Here I Go Impossible Again	6	4%
Let's Take One More Rocket To The Moon	10	5%
Breathe	2	1%
I'll Be There	35	21%
Because Our Love Is Real	38	22%
Don't Say You Love Me	11	7%
All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love	11	7%
I Broke It All In Two	15	9%
Sweet Surrender	11	7%
I Bet You're Mad At Me	11	7%

There were two stand out tracks in this category with Because Our Love Is Real just shading I'll Be There to top of this category. I think I Broke It All In Two should have received the most votes, purely because of its very clumsy lyrics, but with 9% of the total vote, I'm clearly in the minority.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Boy	26	15%
Piano Song	14	8%
Stay With Me	11	6%
Spiralling	9	5%
Home	23	13%
Tenderest Moments	50	29%
Alien	9	5%
Blues Away	3	2%
How Many Times	12	7%
Love Affair	4	2%
Rock Me Gently	14	8%

Tenderest Moments, previously only released as b-side to the Run To The Sun single in 1994, was by far the most popular track in this category accumulating 29% of the votes. Only Boy and Home managed over 10% with little to separate the remaining tracks.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Boy	26	16%
Piano Song	12	7%
Stay With Me	14	9%
Spiralling	11	7%
Home	5	3%
Tenderest Moments	6	4%
Alien	18	11%
Blues Away	32	20%
How Many Times	9	5%
Love Affair	23	14%
Rock Me Gently	6	4%

Having been voted the least popular track from I Say I Say I Say, Blues Away also scoops the least favourite Union Street track too. Love Affair and Boy both got plenty of votes in Cowboy's least popular category and received plenty more here showing that a new arrangement does little to change people's opinions of these tracks.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Sunday Girl	43	24%
I Could Fall In Love With You	33	18%
Sucker For Love	17	9%
Storm In A Teacup	20	11%
Fly Away	17	9%
Golden Heart	14	7%
How My Eyes Adore You	6	3%
Darlene	5	3%
When A Lover Leaves You	9	5%
Glass Angel	7	4%
Be My Baby	3	2%
I Don't Know Why	9	5%

With nearly a quarter of the votes, Sunday Girl is the worthy winner here, finishing ahead of the album's leading single I Could In Love With You. With 78% of the votes going to the opening six tracks it seems this is an album of two halves, with the first half clearly being the more popular.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
Sunday Girl	1	1%
I Could Fall In Love With You	1	1%
Sucker For Love	21	12%
Storm In A Teacup	8	4%
Fly Away	9	5%
Golden Heart	9	5%
How My Eyes Adore You	24	14%
Darlene	35	20%
When A Lover Leaves You	10	6%
Glass Angel	22	13%
Be My Baby	18	10%
I Don't Know Why	16	9%

I confess I'm at a loss to explain how Darlene and How My Eyes Adore You (two tracks I enjoy very much) obtained more votes than both Sucker For Love and Glass Angel (in my opinion two of the weakest album tracks the boys have ever done) but the people have spoken, and they clearly don't share my views!

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	Sometimes	36
2nd	Oh L'amour	28
3rd	A Little Respect	26
4th	Who Needs Love (Like That)	14
5th	Ship Of Fools	10
6th	Chorus	9
7th	Love To Hate You	8
8th	Always	7
9th	Chains Of Love	6
10th=	Drama!	5
10th=	Victim Of Love	5
	Total Votes: 193

Sometimes and Oh L'amour trade places, but although it is to be expected, it is disappointing to see none of the newer singles make the list, with the most recent song being Always from 1994. Naturally with no real smash hit singles since this time, it is little surprise that subsequent singles failed to win over substantial new fans.

Answer	Votes	%	Graph
The Innocents	50	26%
Wonderland	36	19%
The Circus	35	18%
Chorus	22	11%
Wild!	22	11%
I Say I Say I Say	9	5%
The Two Ring Circus	6	3%
Cowboy	4	2%
Erasure	4	2%
Loveboat	2	1%
Nightbird	2	1%
Light At The End Of The World	1	1%
Other People's Songs	0	0%
Union Street	0	0%

With The Innocents being Erasure's best selling album domestically, and having spawned international hits such as Chains Of Love and A Little Respect it comes as little surprise to see this album come out top here. On the flip side, despite bombing in the charts, Wonderland came in second gaining plenty of lifelong fans. Rather depressingly since 1995's Erasure album, very few albums have won over new fans.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	Phantom Bride	28
2nd	Save Me Darling	15
3rd	Brother And Sister	11
4th	Home	9
5th	Waiting For The Day	9
6th	Heart Of Stone	7
7th	Alien	6
8th=	Angel	5
8th=	Perfect Stranger	5
10th=	Dreamlike State	4
10th=	I Bet You're Mad At Me	4
10th=	Take Me Back	4
	Total Votes: 169

All cracking tracks, but for the third successive time, Phantom Bride is voted as being the best choice for a single that never happened. Save Me Darling climbs back in the runners-up spot, a position obtained after the Poll 2000-01 was conducted with Alien being the biggest faller, moving down five places to 7th. Dreamlike State is a new entry in joint 10th place and is the only song listed that wasn't even included on an album.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st=	Heavenly Action	20
1st=	Stay With Me	20
3rd	Freedom	16
4th	Don't Say You Love Me	10
5th	Star	7
6th	Moon & The Sky	5
7th=	Am I Right?	4
7th=	Boy	4
7th=	Rock Me Gently	4
10th=	Blue Savannah	3
10th=	I Love Saturday	3
10th=	The Circus	3
	Total Votes: 137

Given it only reached #100 in UK Singles Chart I suppose it's understandable that Heavenly Action would receive the most votes, along with Stay With Me which always seemed to wrong choice of leading single from the Erasure album. There is barely a hit single in this list, but quiet how Blue Savannah and The Circus (albeit with only a handful of votes) made the Top 10 is very surprising.

Rank	Answer	Votes
1st	Depeche Mode	79
2nd	Pet Shop Boys	67
3rd	O.M.D.	21
4th=	New Order	20
4th=	Yazoo	20
6th	Madonna	17
7th	Moby	12
8th	Human League	10
9th	Queen	9
10th=	A-ha	8
10th=	Alison Moyet	8
10th=	George Michael	8
10th=	Scissor Sisters	8
10th=	The Cure	8
	Total Votes: 777

The Top Two remain unchanged for the third successive time with little changes in the Top Six. Plenty of new entries complete the Top 10 with the only "new" band making the list being the Scissor Sisters. Abba, Coldplay, Soft Cell, Sparks, Beatles, Client, Goldfrap, Kylie Minogue, The Killers and U2 also received several votes.

Poll 2007-08