2nd Annual March Madness Tournament (Winner announcement)

[Deleted]

I will be giving all the songs a chance, hope others do that too! :)

[popstop]

A lot of these songs I don't know. I am excited to listen to some new music.

Last competition, I loaded them into soundcloud and listened to them on my drive to/from work :)

[Mikey]

Please guys listen to my picks :) These electro gems are awesome, and i will be really glad if anyone of you give them some chance :) #ShamelessPromo

And of course, i'm looking forward in extending my music knowledge with your songs, guys!

C'mon everyone make a little promo or opening speech or sth before the tourney

[lyhom]

Yo I think my songs are pretty good maybe vote for them or something idk lmao

[josh]

everyone vote for coldslay

[popstop]

March Madness has begun!

Since we have 160 songs, we need to pare it down to the 128 preliminary round. The songs in the lower half of your lists will be in this round.

The regular season and preliminary rounds last more than the rest of the game!

I had to move some songs around with this first round as there were a lot of seeds matched up. Remember, in the event of a tie, the song with the higher seed number wins. You can see the bracket at Challonge

You have 24 hours from now to vote. I don't think I've heard half of these songs, so I am going to listen to them this evening before I vote. :)

Here is the first set! 

You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power -  DJDaveMIck69 (8) vs.
Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5) vs.
Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)

Ethel & the Chordtones ft. Ryan Levine - Trouble - cm7com (8) vs.
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs.
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.
First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6) vs.
God Made Girls - RaeLynn - indulgecountry (8)

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.
Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6) vs.
Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

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Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5)

The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6)

Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6)

[Zeebz]

Glad this is starting! :)

"Worth It" - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink
"Only" - Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Wayne & Drake
"The Heart Wants What It Wants" - Selena Gomez
"Pray To God" - Calvin Harris ft. HAIM
"Heartbeat Song" - Kelly Clarkson
"God Made Girls" - Raealynn
"It Feels" - NERVO
"Biscuits" - Kacey Musgraves

[lyhom]

1 - Tower of Power - "You're Still A Young Man" [DJDaveMick69] (8)

2 - Tove Lo - "Talking Body" [cm7com] (5)

3 - Ethel & the Chordtones f/ Ryan Levine - "Trouble" [cm7com] (8)

4 - Calvin Harris f/ HAIM - "Pray To God" [Adelaine] (8)

5 - Cold War Kids - "First" [cm7com] (6)

6 - Modest Mouse - "Lampshades On Fire" [DJDaveMick69] (6)

7 - NERVO - "It Feels" [Juan Carlos] (8)

8 - Kacey Musgraves - "Biscuits" [Adelaine] (6)

man quite a few of these were close

[josh]

some of these are missing song titles or artists.

Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)
Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)
Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs.
Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.
Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6) vs.
It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.
Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

[Albie]

Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5) vs.

The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs. this match-up is rude >:(
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.
First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8) this match-up is rude too only because I was very torn.

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6) vs.

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.

Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

[popstop]

Mar 16, 2015 12:12:56 GMT -5 josh said:

some of these are missing song titles or artists.

If you're talking about the Challonge bracket, you can hover over the name and see the full title, artist, who picked it, and seed number. 

[Albie]

He's talking about this or this:

You're Still A Young Man - DJDaveMIck69 (8) vs.

Ethel & the Chordtones ft. Ryan Levine - cm7com (8) vs. 

[josh]

no i mean in your post

Mar 16, 2015 11:44:56 GMT -5 popstop said:

You're Still A Young Man - DJDaveMIck69 (8) vs.

forgot artist

Mar 16, 2015 11:44:56 GMT -5 popstop said:

Ethel & the Chordtones ft. Ryan Levine - cm7com (8) vs.

forgot song



I found them by looking in the thread though.

[popstop]

Please stop editing what I posted so it looks like I forgot things.

[josh]

also lol at taylor facing herself not once, not twice, but three times in the preliminary round lol

[popstop]

So much Taylor :'(

[popstop]

Actually, I'll have to switch one of those double Taylor matches. No one should be facing off against their own song in the first couple rounds.

[josh]

make it still taylor vs herself 3 times though

[.indulgecountry]

You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power - DJDaveMIck69 (8) vs.
Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5) vs.
Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)

Ethel & the Chordtones ft. Ryan Levine - Trouble - cm7com (8) vs.
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs.
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.
First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6) vs.
God Made Girls - RaeLynn - indulgecountry (8)

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.
Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6) vs.
Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

[maine]

You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power - DJDaveMIck69 (8) vs.
Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5) vs.
Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)

Ethel & the Chordtones ft. Ryan Levine - Trouble - cm7com (8) vs.
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs.
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.
First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6) vs.
God Made Girls - RaeLynn - indulgecountry (8)

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.
Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6) vs.
Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

[H.]

Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)

The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6)

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8)

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6)

[DJDaveMick69]

You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power - DJDaveMIck69 (8) (Looks hopeless LOL)
Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5)
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)
Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) (this low seed could go far)
Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6)
It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8)
Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6)

[ry4n]

I wonder how the Taylor songs will do


Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5)

The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6)

Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)

Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

[Juan Carlos]

I will vote later today after I listen to the songs I don't know yet.

Mar 16, 2015 11:44:56 GMT -5 popstop said:

Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs.
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

So, there are 160 songs in this tournament and you have done this to me? I mean, one of my songs against the only Calvin track someone picked in the first set? </3

[Az Paynter]

1. Fifth Harmony - Worth It (ft. Kid Ink) (albie)
2. Tove Lo - Talking Body (cm7com)
3. Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants (josh)
4. Calvin Harris - Pray To God (ft. HAIM) (Adelaine)
5. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song (popstop)
6. Modest Mouse - Lampshades On Fire (DJDaveMick69)
7. Jessie J - Sweet Talker (jimswift13)
8. Zella Day - Hypnotic (lyhom)

[popstop]

OK, I've listened to all the songs. :)

Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)
Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)
Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6)
Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7)
Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6)
Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)
Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6)

Biscuits and Pusher were my favorites out of this group.

[Deleted]

You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power - DJDaveMIck69 (8) vs.
Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5) vs.
Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - indulgecountry (6)

Ethel & the Chordtones ft. Ryan Levine - Trouble - cm7com (8) vs.
The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pusher - Sleepy Tom ft. Anna Lunoe - Juan Carlos (6) vs.
Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.
First - Cold War Kids - cm7com (8)

Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse - DJDaveMick69 (6) vs.
God Made Girls - RaeLynn - indulgecountry (8)

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.
Sweet Talker - Jessie J - jimswift13 (7)  [ this one was really difficult...]

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6) vs.
Hypnotic - Zella Day - lyhom (7)

[Mikey]

Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - albie (7)

Talking Body - Tove Lo - cm7com (5) vs.

The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez - josh (7)

Pray to God - Calvin Harris - Adelaine (8)

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - popstop (7) vs.

God Made Girls - RaeLynn - indulgecountry (8)

It Feels - NERVO - Juan Carlos (8) vs.

Biscuits - Kacey Musgraves - Adelaine (6) vs.

[Juan Carlos]

So, I've listened to all the songs and it took much more than I expected.

Tower of Power - "You're Still A Young Man" [DJDaveMick69] (8) vs.
Fifth Harmony f/ Kid Ink - "Worth It" [albie] (7)

Tove Lo - "Talking Body" [cm7com] (5) vs.
Nicki Minaj f/ Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne - "Only" [.indulgecountry] (6)

Ethel & the Chordtones f/ Ryan Levine - "Trouble" [cm7com] (8) vs.
Selena Gomez - "The Heart Wants What It Wants" [josh] (7)

Sleepy Tom f/ Anna Lunoe - "Pusher" [Juan Carlos] (6) vs.
Calvin Harris f/ HAIM - "Pray to God" [Adelaine] (8)

Kelly Clarkson - "Heartbeat Song" [popstop] (7) vs.
Cold War Kids - "First" [cm7com] (8)

Modest Mouse - "Lampshades on Fire" [DJDaveMick69] (6) vs.
RaeLynn - "God Made Girls" [.indulgecountry] (8)

NERVO - "It Feels" [Juan Carlos] (8) vs.
Jessie J - "Sweet Talker" [jimswift13] (7)

Kacey Musgraves - "Biscuits" [Adelaine] (6) vs.
Zella Day - "Hypnotic" [lyhom] (7)

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1. A throwback! Sadly, "You're Still A Young Man" is not the type of music I usually listen, while "Worth It" is "Talk Dirty" (part 2) and I didn't like it. I think I should mention that the Jason Derulo track wasn't one of my favourites as well. As a consequence, I couldn't decide which song I should vote for, so I decided to abstain here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2. "Only" was good after I listened to it, but I'm quite sure I already did it because of the Official Charts. On the other side, "Talking Body" is one of the few songs I really like from Tove Lo that I have listened to from her (I still don't check Queen of the Clouds to be honest), so it takes my vote.
3. Well, I wasn't expecting this. My vote was definitely for "The Heart Wants What It Wants", but when I listened to "Trouble" for the first time, I really enjoyed it, being the intro so good, so it made me to have doubts if I should vote for Selena or Ethel & the Chordtones. However, I remember why I like Selena's song after I listened to it: The bridge <3 As a consequence, I voted for her.
4. Ugh! I guess this is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made in this tournament, besides the one I made last year when "Jubel" was against "Riptide" and I voted for the latter because it was the remaining pick I had, despite I would have voted for the former to be honest. Anyway, back on topic, the fact that "Pray to God" is one of the songs I really like from Motion and Sleepy Tom is one of the artists I have discovered recently makes me really torn Having said that, I can't revoke my Calvin stanning card, so he gets my vote.
5. I remember I listened to "Heartbeat Song" when it came out, but it didn't stuck on me as her other songs did. However, I preferred it over "First" when I listened to it for the first time, so Kelly takes my vote.
6. Oh! "Lampshades on Fire" was really good on first listen, while I also enjoyed "God Made Girls" too. Tough one, but I preferred to pick the former over the latter.
7. Well, I have to back up my pick Besides that, I preferred it over "Sweet Talker" to be honest.
8. I enjoyed the live version of "Biscuits" I listened to, but the Zella Day track was really good too. It was also a tough choice and I decided to go for the latter.