2005 AAA Rankdown (Revealing)

[razorshark]

My condolences to Recordyear

Congrats to Anthony on finally losing your 100

This riff is so heavy, I have no idea where Beck came up with it but I'd like to see him try something like this again.

#7

E-Pro

Beck

Year-End Position:53 

Peak:12  

Weeks:15  

Chart Points:358

 Points:449 

Standard Deviation: 27.78957586 (17th Highest)  

recordyear 1
singingrulebritannia 3
Troy 3
Trilogy 3
wheatsquares33 3
Daryl the Beryl 5
DadJokes 5
rowellfarm490 6
Triple 9 7
BB🌕 8
American Idiot 10
razorshark 11
Red 16
alexcuse 20
• Господин Умљеновић • 29
Leaf 38


beyoncelover 49
Az Paynter 55


Doc Indie Party Rock 77


Anthony !!!!!! 100

Movements:

11 4 3 3 3 3 3 6 4 6 7 6 7 5 5 4 6 7 6

Performance history:

Beck Artist History: #7 2015 Alt (Dreams), #10 2017 AAA (Up All Night), #11 2006 AAA (Nausea), #12 2005 AAA (Girl), #12 2008 AAA (Orphans), #12 2015 AAA (Dreams), #14 1994 Alt (Loser), #14 2007 AAA (Think I'm In Love), #18 2017 Alt (Up All Night), #19 2016 AAA (Wow), #20 2017 AAA (Dear Life), #25 2005 Alt (E-Pro), #26 2005 Active (E-Pro), #30 1996 Alt (Where It's At), #32 1997 Alt (The New Pollution), #32 2000 Alt (Sexx Laws), #33 2005 Alt (Girl), #34 1996 Alt (Devils Haircut), #34 2014 AAA (Blue Moon), #38 2014 AAA (Heart Is A Drum), #43 2018 Alt (Colors), #45 1998 Alt (Tropicalia), #48 1997 Alt (Jack-Ass), #48 2008 Alt (Gamma Ray), #48 2014 Alt (Blue Moon), #56 1998 Alt (Deadweight), #63 2016 Alt (Wow), #70 2006 Alt (Nausea), #70 2020 Alt (Uneventful Days), #71 2018 AAA (Colors), #72 2007 Alt (Think I'm Love), #76 2019 Alt (Saw Lightning), #84 2016 Alt Re-do (Wow), #87 2007 Alt (Timebomb), #88 2020 AAA (Uneventful Days), #97 2019 AAA (Saw Lightning)

[razorshark]

#6 Preview
Highest: 1
SD: 27.90109411 (15th Highest)

[singingrulebritannia]

The long national nightmare of "Dreams" being Beck's uncontested best rock chart rankdown performance is finally over!

[razorshark]

I may have tanked Fix You because I don't get it, but I tanked this one because I get it completely and I can't stand a single second of it.

My condolences to Az, Beyoncelover, Doc, and Tom

#6

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

Year-End Position:7 

Peak:1  

Weeks:20  

Chart Points:743

 Points:449 

Standard Deviation: 27.90109411 (15th Highest)  

Az Paynter 1
beyoncelover 1
Doc Indie Party Rock 1
Troy 1
American Idiot 2
alexcuse 4
Anthony !!!!!! 5
• Господин Умљеновић • 5
recordyear 6
Triple 9 6
Daryl the Beryl 9
rowellfarm490 11
DadJokes 14


BB🌕 26
Red 32


singingrulebritannia 47
Leaf 53
Trilogy 62
wheatsquares33 66


razorshark 97

Movements:

50 55 49 57 41 30 16 10 10 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 9 6 7

Performance history:

Green Day Artist History: #2 1995 Active (When I Come Around), #3 2006 Alt (Jesus Of Suburbia), #5 1995 Alt (When I Come Around), #5 2005 Alt (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams), #6 2005 Active (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams), #7 2005 Alt (Holiday), #8 2016 Active (Bang Bang), #9 2005 AAA (Holiday), #11 1994 Alt (Basket Case), #11 2004 Alt (American Idiot), #12 2005 Active (Holiday), #13 2016 Alt (Bang Bang), #14 2001 Active (Warning), #15 1994 Active (Longview), #16 1996 Alt (Brain Stew/Jaded), #16 1997 Active (Hitchin' A Ride), #17 1994 Alt (Longview), #17 1995 Active (She), #18 2001 Alt (Waiting), #18 2005 Alt (Wake Me Up When September Ends), #19 2000 Alt (Minority), #19 2005 AAA (Wake Me Up When September Ends), #21 2013 Active (Let Yourself Go), #22 1996 Active (Brain Stew/Jaded), #23 1994 Alt (Welcome To Paradise), #23 1997 Alt (Hitchin' A Ride), #24 2001 Alt (Warning), #26 2017 Alt (Revolution Radio), #26 2017 Active (Revolution Radio), #26 2016 Alt Re-Do (Bang Bang), #27 2004 Active (American Idiot), #28 1994 Active (Basket Case), #28 2009 Alt (21 Guns), #30 1995 Alt (She), #30 2000 Active (Minority), #31 1998 Alt (Redundant), #31 2005 Active (Wake Me Up When September Ends), #31 2009 Active (Know Your Enemy), #32 2009 Alt (Know Your Enemy), #35 2010 Alt (East Jesus Nowhere), #36 1995 Active (Geek Stink Breath), #38 2009 Active (21 Guns), #39 1995 Active (J.A.R.), #40 2013 Active (X-Kid), #41 1995 Alt (J.A.R.), #41 2019 Active (Father Of All...), #43 2017 Alt (Still Breathing), #46 2013 Alt (Let Yourself Go), #47 1998 Alt (Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)), #51 2019 Alt (Father Of All....), #54 2010 Alt (Last Of The American Girls), #55 1995 Alt (Geek Stink Breath), #57 2017 Active (Still Breathing), #58 2021 Alt (Pollyanna), #60 1998 Active (Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)), #60 2007 AAA (Working Class Hero), #62 2021 Active (Pollyanna), #65 2009 AAA (21 Guns), #66 2006 Alt (The Saints Are Coming), #66 2006 AAA (The Saints Are Coming), #73 2007 Active (Working Class Hero), #74 2012 Active (Oh Love), #75 2009 AAA (Know Your Enemy), #75 2012 Alt (Oh Love), #77 2007 Alt (Working Class Hero), #77 2017 AAA (Still Breathing), #91 2012 AAA (Oh Love), #93 2020 Alt (Oh Yeah!), #96 2020 Active (Oh Yeah!), #97 2020 AAA (Oh Yeah!)

[razorshark]

#5 Preview
Highest: 1
SD: 26.90040109 (21st Highest)

[singingrulebritannia]

I'm glad 5 years of sober reflection and maturation have allowed us to drop BOBD...one sole singular spot from its Alternative performance.

[razorshark]

There are plenty of times where I'll disagree with tanks but totally understand why they happen, but this isn't one of those times.  I have no idea why the pop leaning posters seemed to dislike this.

My condolences to Rowell

#5

Walking With A Ghost

Tegan And Sara

Year-End Position:99 

Peak:31  

Weeks:11  

Chart Points:62

 Points:410 

Standard Deviation: 26.90040109 (21st Highest)  

rowellfarm490 1
BB🌕 2
DadJokes 2
Daryl the Beryl 4
singingrulebritannia 4
Leaf 4
Trilogy 5
wheatsquares33 5
Red 6
Troy 6
razorshark 7
American Idiot 8
Doc Indie Party Rock 13
alexcuse 16
recordyear 24


Anthony !!!!!! 36
Az Paynter 37


beyoncelover 66
Triple 9 68


• Господин Умљеновић • 96

Movements:

22 9 4 4 7 5 13 12 14 8 8 8 8 8 7 5 4 5 5

Performance history:

Tegan And Sara Artist History: #19 2013 Alt (Closer)

[razorshark]

#4 Preview
Highest: 1
SD: 18.59789179 (14th Lowest)

[razorshark]

I am usualy the first to tank pop crossovers to this format (they sure knew how to pick them on AAA) but I'm so glad this did well here.  What a great song.

My condolences to Renoir

#4

Breathe (2 AM)

Anna Nalick

Year-End Position:41 

Peak:15  

Weeks:22  

Chart Points:420

 Points:395 

Standard Deviation: 18.59789179 (14th Lowest)  

• Господин Умљеновић • 1
Az Paynter 2
rowellfarm490 3
Anthony !!!!!! 4
Leaf 5
singingrulebritannia 7
Triple 9 8
beyoncelover 10
Trilogy 10
alexcuse 12
razorshark 20
Troy 20
American Idiot 21
Red 21
Daryl the Beryl 22
BB🌕 30
Doc Indie Party Rock 35
DadJokes 35


recordyear 61
wheatsquares33 68

Movements:

3 15 12 8 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 6 5 4 4

Performance history:

Anna Nalick Artist History: Debut

[singingrulebritannia]

I guess I'm rooting for the all-Keane top 2, then.

[razorshark]

#3 Preview
Highest: 2
SD: 19.34853456 (18th Lowest)

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

I had no idea whatsoever that Breathe would be top 5!!!
I thought it would end in the 50's

Happy that people like this song.

[razorshark]

This always felt like a more finished version of Clocks to me, definitely one of the few Coldplay songs I really love.

#3

Speed Of Sound

Coldplay

Year-End Position:5 

Peak:1  

Weeks:20  

Chart Points:763

 Points:331 

Standard Deviation: 19.34853456 (18th Lowest)  

razorshark 2
Doc Indie Party Rock 3
Leaf 3
Triple 9 3
DadJokes 3
BB🌕 4
Troy 5
American Idiot 6
Az Paynter 8
rowellfarm490 8
Red 11
• Господин Умљеновић • 11
recordyear 14
Daryl the Beryl 15
Trilogy 18
Anthony !!!!!! 21
singingrulebritannia 25


wheatsquares33 40


alexcuse 58


beyoncelover 73

Movements:

24 25 23 19 8 6 5 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Performance history:

Coldplay Artist History: #1 2008 AAA (Violet Hill), #4 2003 Alt (The Scientist), #5 2006 AAA (Talk), #5 2008 Alt (Violet Hill), #6 2008 AAA (Viva La Vida), #7 2006 Alt (Talk), #9 2001 Alt (Shiver), #9 2003 Alt (Clocks), #10 2005 AAA (Fix You), #11 2009 AAA (Lovers In Japan), #12 2009 AAA (Life In Technicolor II), #13 2001 Alt (Yellow), #16 2008 AAA (Lost!), #20 2005 Alt (Speed Of Sound), #20 2006 AAA (The Hardest Part), #21 2002 Alt (Trouble), #22 2002 Alt (In My Place), #25 2014 AAA (Magic), #26 2008 Alt (Viva La Vida), #26 2012 AAA (Charlie Brown), #27 2005 Alt (Fix You), #27 2016 Alt (Adventure Of A Lifetime), #30 2013 AAA (Atlas), #34 2016 AAA (Adventure Of A Lifetime), #35 2012 Alt (Paradise), #40 2004 Alt (Moses), #41 2012 AAA (Paradise), #44 2014 Alt (Magic), #46 2009 Alt (Life In Technicolor II), #48 2011 AAA (Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall), #49 2011 Alt (Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall), #49 2020 Alt (Champion Of The World), #50 2016 Alt Re-Do (Adventure Of A Lifetime), #57 2012 Alt (Charlie Brown), #57 2016 Alt (Hymn For The Weekend), #60 2013 Alt (Atlas), #61 2021 Alt (Higher Power), #65 2011 Alt (Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall), #65 2020 Alt (Oprhans), #67 2009 Alt (Lost!), #70 2012 Alt (Hurts Like Heaven), #71 2022 Alt (My Universe), #73 2022 Alt (People Of The Pride), #74 2014 Alt (A Sky Full Of Stars), #78 2021 AAA (Higher Power), #81 2016 AAA (Up&Up), #81 2016 Alt Re-Do (Up&Up), #83 2020 AAA (Orphans), #86 2014 AAA (A Sky Full Of Stars), #90 2016 Alt (Up&Up)

[Red]

Nov 8, 2023 15:44:52 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

I guess I'm rooting for the all-Keane top 2, then.

This is, indeed, a correct universe.

[razorshark]

#2 Preview
Highest: 1
SD: 11.27643094 (2nd Lowest)

#1 Preview
Highest: 1
SD: 10.9759306 (Lowest)

I have some strange luck with Chart rankdowns here, everytime I've hosted a rankdown (at least by myself) I have ended up with a top 2 that consists of one artist.  Keane gets to join Fleetwood Mac and Florence + The Machine from 1977 Active and 2011 AAA respectively.

Lets check some stats about these two songs

Somewhere Only We Know vs Everybody's Changing

Neither song fell below 4th in the movements at any point.

No one has a rank lower than 41 and only two ranks are below 30.

BB, Daryl, Gates, Leaf, Red, Dad Jokes, Trilogy, and your lovely host all have a chance at a perfect #1.

Only Trilogy has a chance at a full perfect top 2.

[razorshark]

My condolences to Trilogy

#2

Everybody’s Changing

Keane

Year-End Position:16 

Peak:7  

Weeks:22  

Chart Points:598

 Points:280 

Standard Deviation: 11.27643094 (2nd Lowest)  

Trilogy 1
rowellfarm490 2
Daryl the Beryl 3
Red 3
razorshark 4
Troy 4
Az Paynter 6
singingrulebritannia 8
Leaf 10
alexcuse 11
BB🌕 11
wheatsquares33 11
Doc Indie Party Rock 18
Triple 9 18
American Idiot 20
• Господин Умљеновић • 24
recordyear 27
DadJokes 28
beyoncelover 30


Anthony !!!!!! 41

Movements:

4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Performance history:

Keane Artist History: #7 2006 AAA (Is It Any Wonder?), #7 2007 AAA (Nothing In My Way), #11 2005 AAA (Bend And Break), #21 2009 AAA (The Lovers Are Losing), #23 2012 AAA (Silenced By The Night), #36 2006 Alt (Is It Any Wonder?), #38 2019 AAA (The Way I Feel), #41 2010 AAA (My Shadow), #44 2012 AAA (Sovereign Light Cafe), #91 2010 AAA (Stop For A Minute)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Congrats to BB, Daryl, Gates, Leaf, Red, Dadjokes, and of course myself on the perfect #1

#1

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane

Year-End Position:40 

Peak:4  

Weeks:12  

Chart Points:423

 Points:171 

Standard Deviation: 10.9759306 (Lowest)  

BB🌕 1
Daryl the Beryl 1
singingrulebritannia 1
Leaf 1
razorshark 1
Red 1
DadJokes 1
alexcuse 2
Trilogy 2
wheatsquares33 2
rowellfarm490 4
Az Paynter 5
beyoncelover 6
American Idiot 7
Troy 10
Anthony !!!!!! 13


Triple 9 22
recordyear 25
Doc Indie Party Rock 28


• Господин Умљеновић • 38

Movements:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Performance history:

Keane Artist History: #2 2005 AAA (Everybody's Changing), #7 2006 AAA (Is It Any Wonder?), #7 2007 AAA (Nothing In My Way), #11 2005 AAA (Bend And Break), #21 2009 AAA (The Lovers Are Losing), #23 2012 AAA (Silenced By The Night), #36 2006 Alt (Is It Any Wonder?), #38 2019 AAA (The Way I Feel), #41 2010 AAA (My Shadow), #44 2012 AAA (Sovereign Light Cafe), #91 2010 AAA (Stop For A Minute)

[singingrulebritannia]

Thank you for hosting, Razor! I might open 2004 way later tonight--if I don't, I'll do it tomorrow

[razorshark]

Some closing thoughts I have is that I had a good time hosting this, even if I was a bit dramatic about it at times. but I can't think of a more satisfying result than one of my favorite soft rock songs ever winning out here. Thank you to everyone who took their time to submit and participate, we'll see if I end up hosting again soon but I've said it before this really isn't my format for the most part, and I want to get the Rock Band rankdowns going strong as well. Rock Band 3 is currently open now so if we are going to get that series going then get there. I don't know if we are doing 2023 year ends first or 2004 next but stay tuned for those.  Gates is hosting 04 so show up and show out for him.

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{Final Rankdown Closeness}Rowell 8.8
Daryl 13.16
Gates 13.28
Trilogy 13.72
Leaf 14.3
Red 14.36
BB 15.28
Wheat 16.52
American Idiot 18.34
Recordyear 18.34
Anthony 19.96
Tom 20.64
DadJokes 21.08
Razor 23.3
Az 23.74
Alexcuse 24.58
Renoir 26.22
Doc 26.48
Triple 9 27.86
Year End List 28.12
Beyoncelover 33.32

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{Perfect Rankings}rowellfarm490 7
Leaf 5
recordyear 4
singingrulebritannia 4
Anthony !!!!!! 3
alexcuse 3
Trilogy 3
Daryl the Beryl 3
Red 3
Triple 9 3
Doc Indie Party Rock 2
• Господин Умљеновић • 2
wheatsquares33 2
DadJokes 2
American Idiot 1
Troy 1
BB🌕 1
beyoncelover 1
razorshark 1
Az Paynter 0

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{Final Results}1. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 171
2. Keane - Everybody's Changing 280
3. Coldplay - Speed of Sound 331
4. Anna Nalick - Breathe (2am) 395
5. Tegan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost 410
6. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams 449
7. Beck - E-Pro 449
8. U2 - City of Blinding Lights 477
9. Green Day - Holiday 488
10. Coldplay - Fix You 492
11. Keane - Bend and Break 562
12. Beck - Girl 565
13. Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning 594
14. Tori Amos - Sleeps With Butterflies 595
15. Audioslave - Be Yourself 602
16. Kathleen Edwards - Back to Me 649
17. Snow Patrol - Chocolate 651
18. The White Stripes - My Doorbell 657
19. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends 677
20. The Shore - Waiting for the Sun 724
21. Alison Krauss & Union Station - Restless 725
22. Nickel Creek - When in Rome 738
23. Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life 758
24. Low Millions - Eleanor 762
25. Norah Jones - Those Sweet Words 763
26. The Shore - Hard Road 764
27. Ringside - Tired of Being Sorry 781
28. Joss Stone - Right to Be Wrong 791
29. Aqualung - Brighter than Sunshine 796
30. Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me to the End of Love 802
31. Wilco - Theologians 808
32. Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing 818
33. Tracy Chapman - Change 825
34. Mike Doughty - Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well 835
35. U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own 844
36. Ray LaMontagne - Trouble 847
37. John Butler Trio - What You Want 860
38. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Let It Ride 877
39. U2 - All Because of You 885
40. Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation - Shine It All Around 893
41. Blue Merle - Burning in the Sun 906
42. Aimee Mann - Going Through the Motions 911
43. Madeleine Peyroux - Don't Wait Too Long 955
44. Sheryl Crow - Good is Good 957
45. Better Than Ezra - A Lifetime 987
46. R.E.M. - Aftermath 992
47. The Wallflowers - Beautiful Side of Somewhere 993
48. The Wallflowers - God Says Nothing Back 1007
49. Ray LaMontagne - Forever My Friend 1023
50. Maia Sharp - Something Wild 1028
51. Jet - Look What You've Done 1032
52. The Redwalls - Thank You 1037
53. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust 1043
54. Bonnie Raitt - I Will Not Be Broken 1058
55. Low Millions - Statue 1068
56. Maia Sharp - Red Dress 1088
57. Jack Johnson - Good People 1118
58. Dave Matthews Band - American Baby 1121
59. Ozomatli - Love & Hope 1123
60. The Goo Goo Dolls - Give a Little Bit 1128
61. Marc Broussard - Home 1137
62. Neil Young - The Painter 1149
63. Howie Day - Collide 1175
64. Bruce Springsteen - All the Way Home 1176
65. Jamie Cullum - High and Dry 1190
66. Moby - Beautiful 1193
67. Bruce Hornsby - Circus on the Moon 1193
68. Glen Phillips - Duck & Cover 1210
69. Jackson Browne with Bonnie Raitt - Poor Poor Pitiful Me 1237
70. David Gray - The One I Love 1241
71. Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart f/ Sheryl Crow - Old Habits Die Hard 1243
72. Herbie Hancock f/ John Mayer - Stitched Up 1254
73. Lenny Kravitz - Lady 1261
74. Melissa Etheridge - Refugee 1267
75. Collective Soul - Better Now 1288
76. The Rolling Stones - Rough Justice 1295
77. deSol - Karma 1297
78. John Butler Trio - Zebra 1298
79. Tristan Prettyman - Love Love Love 1305
80. Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Let Go 1307
81. Lifehouse - You and Me 1317
82. Kyle Riabko - What Did I Get Myself Into 1321
83. Amos Lee - Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight 1322
84. John Fogerty - Wicked Old Witch 1357
85. Ben Lee - Catch My Disease 1377
86. Nickelback - Photograph 1388
87. Jason Mraz - Wordplay 1389
88. Melissa Etheridge - I Run for Life 1407
89. Ray Charles f/ Van Morrison - Crazy Love 1430
90. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Sweet Emotion 1453
91. Blues Traveler - Amber Awaits 1459
92. Delbert McClinton - One of the Fortunate Few 1474
93. Carbon Leaf - What About Everything? 1483
94. Weezer - Beverly Hills 1502
95. John Hiatt - Master of Disaster 1513
96. Van Morrison - Stranded 1523
97. Dave Matthews Band - Dreamgirl 1572
98. John Mayer - Daughters 1611
99. Eric Clapton - Revolution 1685
100. Willie Nelson f/ Toots Hibbert - I'm a Worried Man 1736

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{Final Chart Closeness}Renoir 20.88 Tom 25.66 Alexcuse 26.34 DadJokes 27.52 Az 27.74 Doc 28.36 Daryl 28.72 Leaf 28.84 Rowell 29.8 American Idiot 30.24 Recordyear 31.42 Beyoncelover 31.7 Trilogy 31.8 Wheat 31.94 Red 31.98 Gates 32.02 Anthony 33.02 Razor 35 Triple 9 35.06 BB 35.22

[wheatsquares33]

Cool to see Tegan and Sara in the top 10! Maybe the best performance by a Calgarian act in a rankdown (unless Loverboy did better somewhere or there's someone I don't know)

Breathe is *fine* but like...kinda boring to me? Kinda surprised to see it make it as far as it did.

All Keane top 2 was cool, was fully expecting SOWK to win, and I won't complain that it actually happened.

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

Oh god, I just realized that I mistaken this band and songs for another

Ooops

But good they ended up at #1&2

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

On the other hand, T&Sara - man, that voice is so unpleasant...

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Nov 8, 2023 16:12:49 GMT -5 • Господин Умљеновић • said:

On the other hand, T&Sara - man, that voice is so unpleasant...

Rude

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

10. Fix You - Coldplay
Sappy ballad from Coldplay, but somehow it works on every level. Its like they wanted to get "The Scientist" part 2, but couldn't quite get there, but still a great effort.

9. Holiday - Green Day
Fierce Green Day song that doesn't belong on AAA gets a top 10 ranking. That's how stellar this band/song is. Crazy to think that now a days this song would probably get boycotted for a certain word used in an inproper slang manner. What could possibly be my #1 song after this reveal?

8. City Of Blinding Lights - U2
Another good from the album that I almost charted.

7. E-Pro - Beck
Not one of my favorite beck songs. Really didn't care for the vocal delivery here.

6. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
favorite Green Day song ever, and probably one of my favorite songs of all time. Up there with "Let's Go" , "Photograph" ,"Xanadu" and the rest. Will stand the test of time til I'm on my dying bed listening to all mp3 one last time. Well at least you gave a reason why you tanked it.

5. Walking With A Ghost - Tegan And Sara
Great song. Always liked this one. Guitar hook is "Just What I Needed" worthy.

4. Breathe (2 AM) - Anna Nalick
Forgot this was still in here. Pleasant little Pop song. Easy on the ears ,and eyes.

3. Speed Of Sound - Coldplay
P-P-P-Perfect ranking. One the band's absolute best. Still melodic fire after all these years.

2. Everybody’s Changing - Keane
At times this band sounds like a a tamer version of U2. Nice song and better of the two. I wasn't familiar with this band back then.

1. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Same thing here. These guys fly into my radar around 2008. Another very nice song. Guess this year the rankdown belonged to the actual AAA chart lovers.

razorshark .

Great job hosting. Even though you tried to lose me half way here I still caught up. 

[DadJokes]

My #1 was the actual winner? GREAT!

And thanks to razor for hosting another great rankdown.

[recordyear]

Solid ending. Just wish I liked Keane more to rank them higher.

I actually listened to Beck's discography several years ago and he is such a quirky artist imo. Thanks to this rankdown (or rather, this series) for reminding me how good Beck's music is in general. E-pro for the lack of better words is a banger. No regret in putting it at #1 alongside with some great country-leaning first listens (the artists themselves I have to deep dive some day).

Unfortunately though Catch My Disease may be the worst song I have heard in this series so far, despite of the award bait song (Daughters) and atrocious "wordplay" (well, Wordplay). Every second of it is a big cheese, and the concept ages so bad after the pandemic.

Thanks razorshark for hosting.

[beyoncelover]

Time to catch up on this Top 10!

10. Fix You - Coldplay: Ahh dangg, not my second favorite of this Top 10 showing up first..... a bummer there. :'( This is my #5, so I do really love this song and it's one of those songs I didn't quite appreciate as much when it was out but it's grown on me over the years. And yeah I do love it now and it's one of my favorite songs from Coldplay. I am still happy that this made it to the Top 10 as I wasn't expecting that, honestly.

9. Holiday - Green Day: Awww nooo, my #18 shows up. That's one of the five songs I would have been fine with winning so I'm getting a bit worried. But also, I am glad this was the first of the 2 Green Day songs to show up in this Top 10. This is another one of those songs, I either wasn't crazy about or liked when it was out but didn't pay it much attention. But I've grown to appreciate this more over the years. A fun song from Green Day.

8. City Of Blinding Lights - U2: Oooh yay there goes my #75, aka my lowest ranked song of this Top 10. Okay good I'm pleased with this showing up now. But uh oh, I think this was my lowest rankede U2 song so of course it does the best of them. That would happen.

7. E-Pro - Beck: Ooh okay, this is my #49 so I ranked this around the middle of my list. Okay, I'm fine with this dropping out now. Ooooh and also even happier to know this is Anthony's #100 rather than it being any of the songs in my Top 10. I can't complain. Oooh I'm noticing the rankings now - 7 Top 5 and 11 Top 10 rankings is really impressive.

6. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day: Oooh noooo, not my #1 just missing out making the Top 5. Dangg, I'm so sad about that. :'( I really lovee this song a ton. I think it's such a deep, meaningful and powerful song and a song that goes in so hard - especially towards the end. I just always loved and connected to this song. One of, if not, my very favorite Green Day songs! I LOVE that there were 4 #1s for this song - and slayy Az Paynter, Beyoncelover, Doc Indie Party Rock, and Tom for those #1 rankings! Also happy seeing this getting 8 Top 10 rankings. But on the other hand, not razorshark with that #97 tanking. :'( At least it wasn't an even worse tanking.

My remaining ranks of the Top 5: 6, 10, 30, 66, 73. Welp now I'm just hoping my #66 or #73 doesn't win here, haha. Still pulling for my #6 or #10 to win it now.

5. Walking With A Ghost - Tegan And Sara: Okay so this was my #66 and yeah one of the two songs I was not wanting to win so I'm good with this showing up. But not happy with it beating "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams," but I'll live. 8 Top 5 and 12 Top 10 rankings is really impressive for this.

4. Breathe (2 AM) - Anna Nalick: Aww kinda sad to see my #10 show up as this was one of the two songs I was pulling for to win here. But at the same time, very happy that this made it this far! This is a really beautiful and stunning song. <3 This one had just 8 Top 10 rankings. Yayy for no Bottom 30 rankings for this one!

3. Speed Of Sound - Coldplay: Oh whoa, I didn't realize that this song was my #73 that was left, lmaoo oops. And oops I'm the lowest ranker here, oh my. Yeah with the difference of my rankings between this and "Fix You," I'm not too happy with this one beating it out but I was expecting it. This is a good song and I do like it but it was one that never really grabbed or really got me. I guess I just never found a proper appreciation for this one. But good on this making it to the Top 3.

Oh wow a Keane Top 2! :o My #6 vs. my #30. That's actually prettty good for me. And wow it's really fun to see how both songs have the lowest and second lowest SD. Hoping for my #6 to win but expecting it to be my #30.

2. Everybody’s Changing - Keane: Oooh whoa, wow.... my #30 is the one that shows up next and does not win. :o I was expecting this to win. Anyway, I do enjoy this song and thought this was pretty good. I'm not surprised to see this making it all the way to 2nd.

1. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane: Wowzerrs at this song getting 7 #1 rankings AND the lowest SD! :o Then I also see 10 Top 2 rankings and 16 Top 10 rankings? Wow and the point difference too? Over 100 point difference from the #2 song. Such a runaway winner! Anywho, I do love this song and love it enough to give it a #6 ranking. This is a great, beautiful and emotional song from Keane. Love it and my favorite from them. Very pleased with this winning!


Wonderful job hosting this game, razorshark! It was fun to view and be apart of!

Lol yay me ending my rankdown closeness with a 33.32.

[Triple 9]

Thank you for hosting.

[valleyghost01]

This is kinda late, but I just saw the very start of the rankdown here, and is this the first time that a song has been #100 on both the Year End list and the rankdown itself? I know it almost happened with the 2005 Year End Hot 100 a while back, and plus the 1966 YE I hosted was, I think, the first one where a song was both #1 on the Year End while also being #100 on the Rankdown.

I'm also surprised that Rob Thomas "Lonely No More" isn't on here, since his 2nd album singles made it to the AAA rankdowns and so did Matchbox Twenty in 2004.