Pulse's Top Songwriters of All Time Tournament Round 2

[nickd]

16. If

Songwriter: David Gates

Performer: Bread
Points: 130
Average: 12.88
Standard Deviation: 5.84 (5th highest)
Released: 1971
 


ranks:

samo🦕 : 4
marsblyr : 5
@snapculture : 6
rockgolf : 8
kierz7 : 8
alexcuse : 9
@slipperyslope : 9
@crapkuki23 : 11
nickd : 16
willapted33 : 17
weaver : 18
ampitup98 : 18
jtd Thee Stallion : 19
.indulgecountry : 19
singingrulebritannia : 19
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 : 20

[willapted33]

why did my 20 beat Sinatra & Howlin' O.o

[nickd]

15. Leaving On A Jet Plane

Songwriter: John Denver

Performer: John Denver
Points: 136
Average: 12.50
Standard Deviation: 5.16
Released: 1969
 


ranks:

marsblyr : 2
kierz7 : 4
.indulgecountry : 7
nickd : 8
samo🦕 : 9
rockgolf : 11
@crapkuki23 : 13
singingrulebritannia : 14
weaver : 14
@snapculture : 15
alexcuse : 15
jtd Thee Stallion : 16
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 : 17
willapted33 : 18
@slipperyslope : 18
ampitup98 : 19

[nickd]

14. It's The End of the World As We Know It

Songwriters: Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills

Performer: R.E.M.
Points: 143
Average: 12.06
Standard Deviation: 4.48 (4th lowest)
Released: 1987
 


ranks:

@crapkuki23 : 5
@slipperyslope : 7
rockgolf : 7
weaver : 8
willapted33 : 10
alexcuse : 10
@snapculture : 10
singingrulebritannia : 11
samo🦕 : 11
jtd Thee Stallion : 11
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 : 16
ampitup98 : 16
marsblyr : 16
.indulgecountry : 17
nickd : 19
kierz7: 19

[nickd]

13. All Of The Lights

Songwriters: Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Fergie, The-Dream, Malik Jones, Scott Mescudi, Warren Trotter

Performer: Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi)
Points: 146
Average: 11.88
Standard Deviation: 5.46
Released: 2010
 


ranks:

alexcuse: 3
jtd Thee Stallion: 3
willapted33: 7
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 8
@crapkuki23: 9
kierz7: 10
singingrulebritannia: 10
ampitup98: 10
nickd: 11
samo🦕: 12
@slipperyslope: 15
@snapculture: 16
marsblyr: 18
weaver: 19
rockgolf: 19
.indulgecountry: 20

[BB🌕]

All Of The Lights deserved to be higher

[nickd]

#11 is a tie. The tie will be broken by the fact that one of the songs has the first #1 ranks (it has two) while the other song's highest rank is a #3.

[nickd]

12. Rock Your Body

Songwriters: Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Justin Timberlake

Performer: Justin Timberlake
Points: 162 (tied with #11)
Average: 10.88
Standard Deviation: 5.02
Released: 2003
 


ranks:

weaver: 3
@slipperyslope: 4
nickd: 5
@crapkuki23: 6
jtd Thee Stallion: 8
singingrulebritannia: 9
alexcuse: 11
ampitup98: 11
kierz7: 11
rockgolf: 12
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 13
.indulgecountry: 13
willapted33: 13
marsblyr: 15
samo🦕: 20
@snapculture: 20

[nickd]

11. Both Sides Now

Songwriters: Joni Mitchell

Performer: Joni Mitchell
Points: 162 (tied with #12)
Average: 10.88
Standard Deviation: 6.06 (4th highest)
Released: 1969
 


ranks:

marsblyr: 1
rockgolf: 1
@crapkuki23: 4
@snapculture: 5
samo🦕: 8
singingrulebritannia: 8
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 9
@slipperyslope: 11
.indulgecountry: 12
alexcuse: 13
willapted33: 14
nickd: 15
weaver: 17
jtd Thee Stallion: 18
kierz7: 18
ampitup98: 20

[singingrulebritannia]

Oy neither of those are good reveals

[Deleted]

Shocked JT made it that high.

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

I’m ok with the reveals so far, tho I wish Joni was Top 10

[kierz7]

The reveals are good so far, although “If” and “Leavin’ On A Jet Plane” should’ve made the T10.

I’m glad that my T3 songs may potentially make the T5 overall.

[kierz7]

Feb 28, 2020 21:35:15 GMT -5 @snapculture said:

Shocked JT made it that high.

I’m not a Timberlake fan at all but I hear “Rock Your Body” in public more than I do any other song of his from the 2000’s, including “Cry Me A River; SexyBack & My Love” whether it’d be on the radio or through commercials.

I’d argue it’s his biggest classic even if it’s not among his top three biggest hits. 🤔

I believe the only other songs of his I hear in rotation more than “RYB” are “CSTF” and “Mirrors”.

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Feb 28, 2020 22:32:59 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

Feb 28, 2020 21:35:15 GMT -5 @snapculture said:

Shocked JT made it that high.

I’m not a Timberlake fan at all but I hear “Rock Your Body” in public more than I do any other song of his from the 2000’s, including “Cry Me A River; SexyBack & My Love” whether it’d be on the radio or through commercials.

I’d argue it’s his biggest classic even if it’s not among his top three biggest hits. 🤔

I believe the only other songs of his I hear in rotation more than “RYB” are “CSTF” and “Mirrors”.

No doubt it was a big hit and still gets replay, but I think it’s one of the poorest showcases of his songwriting ability.

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Looking forward to the top 10!

[nickd]

10. All Is Full Of Love

Songwriter: Björk

Performer: Björk
Points: 172
Average: 10.25
Standard Deviation: 7.24 (highest)
Released: 1999
 


ranks:

willapted33 : 1
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 : 1
@crapkuki23 : 1
ampitup98 : 3
nickd : 3
singingrulebritannia : 6
alexcuse : 6
.indulgecountry : 10
@snapculture : 12
marsblyr : 13
kierz7 : 16
weaver : 16
@slipperyslope : 17
samo🦕 : 19
jtd Thee Stallion : 20
rockgolf : 20

[nickd]

9. Coat of Many Colors

Songwriter: Dolly Parton

Performer: Dolly Parton
Points: 174
Average: 10.12
Standard Deviation: 5.34
Released: 1971
 


ranks:

.indulgecountry: 1
@snapculture: 1
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 4
kierz7: 6
weaver: 6
samo🦕: 7
marsblyr: 11
nickd: 12
@crapkuki23: 12
singingrulebritannia: 12
jtd Thee Stallion: 13
ampitup98: 13
@slipperyslope: 14
willapted33: 15
rockgolf: 16
alexcuse: 19

[Deleted]

Those two bottom rankings are very predictable but seriously, Bjork is top 3 tier. Adele beating her is BS.

[nickd]

8. Gypsy

Songwriter: Stevie Nicks

Performer: Fleetwood Mac
Points: 186
Average: 9.38
Standard Deviation: 6.13 (3rd highest)
Released: 1982
 


ranks:

singingrulebritannia: 1
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 2
.indulgecountry: 3
alexcuse: 4
samo🦕: 5
nickd: 6
marsblyr: 6
ampitup98: 7
willapted33: 9
rockgolf: 9
@slipperyslope: 13
weaver: 15
@crapkuki23: 15
jtd Thee Stallion: 17
@snapculture: 18
kierz7: 20

[singingrulebritannia]

Assholes

[.indulgecountry]

Ew @ Dolly & Fleetwood missing top 5.

[nickd]

7. Baby Love

Songwriter: Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland

Performer: The Supremes
Points: 195
Average: 8.81
Standard Deviation: 3.87 (2nd lowest)
Released: 1964
 


ranks:

alexcuse: 1
jtd Thee Stallion: 4
ampitup98: 4
singingrulebritannia: 5
willapted33: 6
@snapculture: 7
kierz7: 9
@crapkuki23: 10
@slipperyslope: 10
marsblyr: 10
.indulgecountry: 11
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 12
weaver: 12
samo🦕: 13
rockgolf: 13
nickd: 14

[singingrulebritannia]

Viva La Vida, Set Fire To The Rain, and Higher Love really need to leave

[nickd]

6. Everyday People

Songwriter: Sly Stone

Performer: Sly & The Family Stone
Points: 203
Average: 8.31
Standard Deviation: 4.00 (3rd lowest)
Released: 1968
 


ranks:

@snapculture: 2
singingrulebritannia: 2
alexcuse: 5
rockgolf: 6
weaver: 7
marsblyr: 7
kierz7: 7
@slipperyslope: 8
@crapkuki23: 8
willapted33: 8
nickd: 9
.indulgecountry: 9
jtd Thee Stallion: 10
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤: 15
samo🦕: 15
ampitup98: 15

[nickd]

Top 5

Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
Higher Love - Will Jennings, Steve Winwood
Set Fire To The Rain - Adele, Fraser T. Smith
Viva La Vida - Coldplay (Martin, Berryman, Buckland, Champion)
Wanna Be Startin' Something - Michael Jackson

That means Stevie Wonder, Will Jennings, Adele, Coldplay and Michael Jackson will be able to advance new songs to round 3. Maybe Steve Winwood and Fraser T. Smith too if their catalog seems significant enough.

[singingrulebritannia]

These results are absolutely comical. Newer does not = better, folks.

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I hope that Adele doesn’t win, but I’m not surprised that she is in the top 5.

[nickd]

Mar 2, 2020 22:54:25 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

These results are absolutely comical. Newer does not = better, folks.

Does newer = worse though? From these two rounds, songs from each decade have performed very equally (except the songs from 1960 and before which performed worse).

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

"All Is Full Of Love" at 10?!? "Coat of Many Colors" at 9?!? "Gypsy" at 8?!?!?!?! Are y'all HIGH

Those 3 songs are top tier for each respective artist. I know "Gypsy" will never get the love "Dreams" gets, but 8 is comically low

.....I need to relax lmao