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Post by fearlessarrow on Jan 23, 2020 22:49:04 GMT -5
The song that fell short of the #1 spot is "Mayberry", which 4 of us ranked at #1. Congratulations castleoblivion26 on being the only person to rank the winner at #1!!! Both "Mayberry" and "What Hurts the Most" spent some time at #1 but "What Hurts the Most" always looked like it had the best shot - once it entered the top 2, it never left whereas "Mayberry" spent time battling "These Days" for the #2 spot. After toomuchboy's list it looked like "What Hurts the Most" had the #1 in the bag as it was ahead of "Mayberry" by a whooping 50 points. However, the two lowest ranks for "What Hurts the Most" came from the last two lists, and "Mayberry" got the chance to fight back and close the gap to 19 points with a mere two lists. "What Hurts the Most" is one of Rascal Flatts' signature songs, so it's definitely not a bad option for a winner imo. Had it not been for toomuchboy's #35 rank for "Mayberry", it would've won and probably had one of the lowest standard deviations in the game as the next lowest rank is a #12. #2: "Mayberry" Album: Melt
Points: 597 (21 points ahead of "These Days', 19 points behind #1) Standard Deviation: 8.140 Country Radio Peak (Billboard): #1 (1 week)
Ranks: Movement: 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
The winner of the Rascal Flatts rankdown after almost 10 months is... #1: "What Hurts the Most" Album: Me and My Gang
Points: 616 (19 points ahead of "Mayberry") Standard Deviation: 6.796 Country Radio Peak (Billboard): #1 (4 weeks)
Ranks: Movement: 6 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Post by tim on Jan 23, 2020 22:49:36 GMT -5
I obviously picked a bad time to pop my head in on Pulse. Quite disappointed that “These Days” couldn’t even manage to get into the top two considering the amount of support it received from all of us putting it as their top song.
That said, both “What Hurts the Most” and “Mayberry” are inside my top five so alas I shouldn’t be all that disappointed...but yea I am lol. I actually find the top two to be rather predictable as I myself didn’t know “These Days” was so well beloved going into this rankdown. Anyways...I’ll guess that “What Hurts the Most” comes out on top.
Edit: well so much for the suspense you beat me to the reveal before I could even get this typed up lol
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Post by LBTrocks on Jan 23, 2020 22:52:24 GMT -5
"Mayberry" has always been my favorite from these guys, it's GORGEOUS. I adore the melody and the lyrics and everything. I was really hoping it could pull off a win here, and got really excited when "These Days" was out @ 3 cuz I thought it was the song's biggest competition. Misjudged that one tho lol. I never thought "What Hurts The Most" would win lol. Shocking tbh. It's a killer song though so I'm not mad. Also very happy with how well I did in this RD! Especially considering I don't even like Rascal Flatts lol. Thanks for taking over the hosting for this fearlessarrow!
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Post by surfy on Jan 23, 2020 22:52:38 GMT -5
fuck yes What Hurts The Most is such a good winner <333
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Post by tim on Jan 23, 2020 22:54:45 GMT -5
In the end I’m actually quite happy with the eventual winner as “What Hurts the Most” is a song that I’ve long loved. Thanks fearlessarrow for taking the reins on this and getting us across the finish line...it’s great to have you back!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 23, 2020 22:56:32 GMT -5
My top 2 was the top 2... just in reverse order, lmao. Love both of these though and they were the rightful two to duke it out for the crown imo. I'm happy with a "What Hurts the Most" victory. It really is their most iconic song, so it seems fitting.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jan 23, 2020 23:00:34 GMT -5
Yeesh. That was a nasty crash and burn.
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Post by toomuchboy on Jan 23, 2020 23:05:40 GMT -5
Oh, thank God. First I wondered how Mayberry made top 10, then top 5, and then OMG it was about to win wth... Bullet dodged. What Hurts the Most feels like the deserving winner. It was the song that took them over the top, or at least it felt that way for me when I wasn't following the charts at all.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jan 23, 2020 23:06:27 GMT -5
We finally did it! We finished this rankdown that has been open since last April - thanks for everyone who submitted a list! It was my first stint as a rankdown host after my Pulse hiatus, it feels great to have hosted one again. If you also listen to pop/EDM, the Avicii rankdown is open for submissions! Final results:1. What Hurts the Most 2. Mayberry 3. These Days 4. Prayin' For Daylight 5. Stand 6. My Wish 7. Fast Cars And Freedom 8. Bless The Broken Road 9. Love You Out Loud 10. Winner At A Losing Game 11. Feels Like Today 12. Life Is A Highway 13. I'm Movin' On 14. Rewind 15. This Everyday Love 16. Here 17. Why 18. Skin (Sarabeth) 19. Take Me There 20. Yours If You Want It 21. I Like The Sound Of That 22. Here Comes Goodbye 23. Why Wait 24. While You Loved Me 25. I Melt 26. Come Wake Me Up 27. I Won't Let Go 28. Easy 29. Riot 30. Back to Us 31. Here's To You 32. Every Day 33. Changed 34. Summer Nights 35. Back to Life 36. Unstoppable 37. Banjo 38. Me and My Gang 39. Payback 40. Bob That Head Rankdown closeness:1. tim - 4.70 2. fearlessarrow - 5.35 3. kw9461 - 6.05 3. someguy - 6.05 5. sabre14 - 6.20 6. Cody Wants Out... - 6.50 7. castleoblivion26 - 7.75 8. austin - 8.30 9. bboat11 - 8.45 10. George Strait Junkie - 8.85 11. toomuchboy - 9.15 12. LBTrocks - 9.25 13. surfy - 9.45 14. ClevelandRox - 9.70 15. .indulgecountry - 10.10 16. HeyHeyHey - 10.20 17. taylor - 10.50 18. Kanenrá:ke - 12.15
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 24, 2020 3:33:18 GMT -5
YASSSSS, I can finally take this one out of the queue, after almost a year!!!!!!! Now who's going to take over the Kacey Musgraves Extras rankdown?
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Post by kw9461 on Jan 24, 2020 16:18:49 GMT -5
Well that was a disappointing conclusion. I really thought "These Days" had it, and with nearly half #1 ranks, it really should have. It's my favorite song of the last 20 years, that chorus melody is just incredible. I love "Mayberry" as well, though I'll admit it would have made an odd winner. On paper, "What Hurts the Most" is quite a deserving winner. It was arguably their biggest chart hit, and frankly is a really good song. It was the song that took them over the top, or at least it felt that way for me when I wasn't following the charts at all. This sticks with me though, because while I agree it put them over the top as A-listers, it may have simultaneously torpedoed their career. They changed their sound after this, and the results just weren't as good as their earlier material (the results of this rankdown bare that out). I'll spare you all a full fledged rant, but that's why this result disappoints me.
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Post by tim on Jan 25, 2020 3:34:00 GMT -5
Now who's going to take over the Kacey Musgraves Extras rankdown? Even though I submitted a list for that I’d almost rather just 86 it for now until we get around to doing her album rankdowns. I’ve never felt like there was a rush to do an ‘Extras’ rankdown for her at this point.
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 25, 2020 3:35:50 GMT -5
Now who's going to take over the Kacey Musgraves Extras rankdown? Even though I submitted a list for that I’d almost rather just 86 it for now until we get around to doing her album rankdowns. I’ve never felt like there was a rush to do an ‘Extras’ rankdown for her at this point. We've already ranked her albums That's why Zack opened the Extras, to showcase everything that was left after the albums were done.
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 25, 2020 3:39:08 GMT -5
However, you raise a valid idea about just throwing out the whole rankdown... I'd definitely be open to doing that if enough people are okay with it!
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Post by tim on Jan 25, 2020 3:39:59 GMT -5
Even though I submitted a list for that I’d almost rather just 86 it for now until we get around to doing her album rankdowns. I’ve never felt like there was a rush to do an ‘Extras’ rankdown for her at this point. We've already ranked her albums Oh lol....well looking back the first two albums were done in 2017 which was a bit before I started doing rankdowns. I’ll have to look the list over again but I suppose there’s a chance I could just as well take the ‘Extras’ over if there’s no interest. I’d probably make some adjustments, though.
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Post by tim on Jan 25, 2020 3:40:57 GMT -5
However, you raise a valid idea about just throwing out the whole rankdown... I'd definitely be open to doing that if enough people are okay with it! Yea, I think that’s a better idea for now personally.
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 25, 2020 3:42:21 GMT -5
However, you raise a valid idea about just throwing out the whole rankdown... I'd definitely be open to doing that if enough people are okay with it! Yea, I think that’s a better idea for now personally. I'm gonna go start a poll in the Official Country Rankdown Thread :)
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