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This article is from the The Wedding Present FAQ, by Kevin Behrens (kbehrens@cscmail.csc.com) with numerous contributions by others.

6.1 What are everyone's favorite songs? (The Wedding PresentFAQ Polls)

The last survey of mailing list subscribers was conducted
in May 1995. Here are those results, compiled by Mike
Field (field@cae.wisc.edu):

Voting based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.
Number of first place votes is in parentheses.

         1) Dalliance                  119(1)
         2) Brassneck                   89(3)
         3) Kennedy                     66(1)
         4) My Favorite Dress           65(1)
         5) Corduroy                    64(2)
         6) Take Me!                    62(3)
         7) Come Play With Me           57(1)
         8) Spangle                     48
         9) I'm Not Always So Stupid    46(1)
        10) Dare                        43(1)
        11) Silver Shorts               43(1)
        12) A Million Miles             41(2)
        13) Heather                     39
        14) Crawl                       38(1)
        15) Suck                        35
        16) Octopussy                   32(1)
        17) Bewitched                   31(1)
        18) Blonde                      29(1)
        19) Rotterdam                   28(1)
        20) California                  28
        21) Nobody's Twisting Your Arm  25(1)
        22) Flying Saucer               25
        23) No                          25
        24) Why...So Reasonable Now?    21
        25) So Long, Baby               20

A poll conducted through the band's newssheets was compiled by
Leigh Hunt (zippyfrood@cix.compulink.co.uk) and published in
the Orange Slices fanzine in December 1995:

1) Kennedy
2) Dalliance
3) Brassneck
4) My Favorite Dress
5) Corduroy
6) Crawl
7) Come Play With Me
8) Take Me!
9) Flying Saucer
10) Dare
11) Suck
12) Give My Love To Kevin
13) Heather
14) Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
15) Blue Eyes
16) Bewitched
17) Spangle
18) A Million Miles
19) Clcik Click
20) I'm Not Always So Stupid

 

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