Pulse Rankdown - Martina McBride (Results NOW!)

[bboat11]

Here's what I have left:
1
2
3
4
5
9
17
18
35
51

I would be happy with ANY of them winning  :o  But I am more than confident the winner will be in my top 5.

[.indulgecountry]

I'll take a stab at it, though I really don't feel too confident in this at all, lol. But here's my Top 10 prediction:

01. Independence Day
02. Where Would You Be
03. Wild Angels
04. A Broken Wing
05. Concrete Angel
06. My Baby Loves Me
07. Whatever You Say
08. Wrong Baby Wrong
09. Wrong Again
10. When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues

[bboat11]

Top 10 prediction!!!!

10. Wrong Baby Wrong
9. Wrong Again (LMAO the irony would be EPIC!)
8. Where Would You Be
7. Concrete Angel
6. My Baby Loves Me
5. When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues
4. Wild Angels
3. Whatever You Say
2. A Broken Wing
1. Independence Day

[fearlessarrow]

I'm very pleasantly surprised at "Wrong Baby Wrong" making the top 10! Country-pop perfection right there!

This is so hard to predict because I don't really know what would make the difference in people's ranks when it comes to slower songs ("Where Would You Be", "A Broken Wing", "Concrete Angel", "Wrong Again", and "Whatever You Say" to a lesser extent). Knowing less about Martina and her songs makes it harder as well but since I like doing these I'll do them anyway!

10. When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues
9. Wrong Baby Wrong
8. Where Would You Be
7. Wrong Again
6. My Baby Loves Me
5. Whatever You Say
4. A Broken Wing
3. Concrete Angel
2. Wild Angels
1. Independence Day

Also 6 out of the top 10 songs begin with the letter "W" lol

And here's what I have left:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 20, 26, 47

[someguy]

I'm thrilled that my #1 is still in; I wasn't sure that it would be. I still have my 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 23, 38, 44 but I legitimately really like all of them.

[kansasmeetsmo]

My goodness, I have no idea. I might go ahead and take a chance by not picking Independence Day as number 1, just to make it more interesting. It could happen right? So here we go:

10) Concrete Angel
9) Where Would You Be
8) My Baby Loves Me
7) Wrong Baby Wrong
6) A Broken Wing
5) When God-Fearin' Woman Get The Blues
4) Wild Angels
3) Independence Day
2) Wrong Again
1) Whatever You Say

[kansasmeetsmo]

Jul 30, 2017 23:50:54 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

I'm very pleasantly surprised at "Wrong Baby Wrong" making the top 10! Country-pop perfection right there!



Also 6 out of the top 10 songs begin with the letter "W" lol

Yes to both of these comments. I've noticed to this trend before and strangely enough all the songs starting with "w" happen to be my favorites of the remaining songs. With the exception of "Where Would You Be", but even that has grown on me a lot, I did't like it growing up, but it is better now for some reason.

[kansasmeetsmo]

Random side note: I just noticed this seems to be a very male dominated poster thread. I'm feeling really outnumbered at the moment. It's cool though, its just not what I expected. Or is my perception of the general Martina fan base way off. For some reason I assumed it would be the opposite...I could be wrong, I just keep seeing a ton of blue symbols, while I seem to have the only pink one. Just an observation that intrigued me a bit, I could be wrong though. I'll try to stay on topic from here on out.

[.indulgecountry]

Jul 31, 2017 0:58:23 GMT -5 kansasmeetsmo said:

Random side note: I just noticed this seems to be a very male dominated poster thread. I'm feeling really outnumbered at the moment. It's cool though, its just not what I expected. Or is my perception of the general Martina fan base way off. For some reason I assumed it would be the opposite...I could be wrong, I just keep seeing a ton of blue symbols, while I seem to have the only pink one. Just an observation that intrigued me a bit, I could be wrong though. I'll try to stay on topic from here on out.

I think you'd be right to assume that Martina McBride's fanbase leans female, but this forum leans pretty heavily male. There's just not a lot of female posters here. It's always great to have more though to help even it out!

[cerulean]

Pretty sure I fainted half a dozen times catching up on these reveals. I just can't believe "Anyway" and "This One's for the Girls" are already out.

RIP "Blessed". Forever going to be my almost #1.

I completely forgot about "Wrong Baby Wrong"! I really thought it was already out, but I'm so excited for it! Now that I know to expect the unexpected, I think it might have enough passion behind it to somehow make top 5.

This top 10 could go so many ways now. I think "Independence Day" still wins this. Now I'm just really curious how low you ranked "A Broken Wing" .indulgecountry . I can imagine a scenario where you single-handedly keep it from winning.

[someguy]

I'd be fine with neither "Independence Day" or "A Broken Wing" winning. Both are great songs, and I ranked each highly, but neither is my favourite among her stellar discography. I'm hoping for a surprise win.

[BackwoodsBarbie]

I am happy that Be that Way has made it this far. It would have been even better if this song had made it to top 10, but 12th place is great for a non single track. There is something addictive in the chorus and i could listen to that part again and again.

I have mixed feelings about top 10. I placed 5 remaining songs high (1, 3, 7, 10 and 12) and i will be happy if any of this songs win.
But i placed the other 5 songs in the bottom half of my list. I still enjoy songs i placed on 34, 38 and 43 spot but I certainly don't want to see them winning this rankdown.

I see that i place one of the top 10 songs in my bottom 10. I am used to the fact that i don't do good in rankdowns but this surprised me since my bottom 10 is filled with duets and other forgettable songs. So I took a closer look on this matter. I gave my #61 another listen because it happens sometimes that i get to like certain song only after listening to it a couple of more times. Didn't work this time. But i dig deeper and went to wikipedia to read about it and after i found out who sings the backing vocals the things become a little bit clearer to me. Now i know that this is probably just a minor factor and i can't wait to read why others like this song so much.

I won't make top 10 predictions since they would be more of a lucky guess than anything else. But I still think that Independence Day will win this rankdown.

[someguy]

I so wish that "Be That Way" had been a single, even if that meant they had to delay Emotion for a little bit. It is such a good song, and deserves to be consider among her biggest hits, not her biggest single misses.

[Cody Wants Out...]

:o @ me having the most top 10s left. I have 1, 3-7, 9, 15, 19, and 21 left. Very happy with what's remaining! Doubt it could get any better tbh.

[.indulgecountry]

I have left: 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 18, 24, 26, 31, 56


cerulean you can probably guess where "A Broken Wing" is now on my list, hehe.

[bboat11]

Jul 31, 2017 5:51:50 GMT -5 BackwoodsBarbie said:

I see that i place one of the top 10 songs in my bottom 10. I am used to the fact that i don't do good in rankdowns but this surprised me since my bottom 10 is filled with duets and other forgettable songs. So I took a closer look on this matter. I gave my #61 another listen because it happens sometimes that i get to like certain song only after listening to it a couple of more times. Didn't work this time. But i dig deeper and went to wikipedia to read about it and after i found out who sings the backing vocals the things become a little bit clearer to me. Now i know that this is probably just a minor factor and i can't wait to read why others like this song so much.

OMG did you just admit to rating "Whatever You Say" low??!! :o  I think that's the only song left with somebody noteworthy on background vocals... If that is the case, I can assure you that that is one of Martina's most iconic songs! It's one that I thought all along might have an outside chance of winning, if for whatever reason "Independence Day" doesn't. Although probably not now, if it is indeed in your bottom 10...

[BackwoodsBarbie]

Jul 31, 2017 13:08:56 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jul 31, 2017 5:51:50 GMT -5 BackwoodsBarbie said:

I see that i place one of the top 10 songs in my bottom 10. I am used to the fact that i don't do good in rankdowns but this surprised me since my bottom 10 is filled with duets and other forgettable songs. So I took a closer look on this matter. I gave my #61 another listen because it happens sometimes that i get to like certain song only after listening to it a couple of more times. Didn't work this time. But i dig deeper and went to wikipedia to read about it and after i found out who sings the backing vocals the things become a little bit clearer to me. Now i know that this is probably just a minor factor and i can't wait to read why others like this song so much.

OMG did you just admit to rating "Whatever You Say" low??!! :o  I think that's the only song left with somebody noteworthy on background vocals... If that is the case, I can assure you that that is one of Martina's most iconic songs! It's one that I thought all along might have an outside chance of winning, if for whatever reason "Independence Day" doesn't. Although probably not now, if it is indeed in your bottom 10...

I didn't know this song prior to this rankdown and unitl 5 minutes ago i had no idea that this song is supposed to be iconic. The only thing  i moderately like about it is the choice of instruments (yeah i listen to this song at least 5 times today and i finally find something I like). Well anyway I just hope that this won't end up like Shania's rankdown with one of my lowest rankings winning.

[austin]

I have
1
2
3
5
7
8
13
14
22
28 -- I REALLY hope this is #10.

[.indulgecountry]

I use to always get "Whatever You Say" and "Where Would You Be" mixed up for a long time until I realized WWYB is like 10x better and that's all I can think of when I listen to WYS now... even though it's a fine enough song on its own.

[zaclord 🌈]

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 23, 27, 40

Hoping something in my top 10 can take it :)

[castleoblivion26]

ended up being out most of the day so I'm a bit late on starting to type everything up but will post as I go. Will start with #10 and then go from there!

[castleoblivion26]

#10 ~ When God-Fearin’ Women Get The Blues


Album: Greatest Hits
Track #16
Written by: Leslie Satcher

"Lock up your husbands
Lock up your sons
Lock up your whiskey cabinets
Girls lock up your guns
Lock up the beauty shop
No telling if they've heard the news
Call the boys downtown at Neiman Marcus
Tell 'em lock up them high-heeled shoes

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
There ain't no slap dab atellin' what they're gonna do
Run around yellin' "I gotta Mustang
It'll do eighty
You don't have to be my baby
I've stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my baby"

Peak:
Billboard's Hot Country Songs: 8
Billboard Hot 100: 64

Points: 321

This is the lead single from Martina's Greatest Hits album

Dan Tyminski sings background vocals on this song

Ranks:
bboat11 - 4
Kanenrá:ke - 4
austin - 7
Cody Wants Out... - 7
dub - 9
fearlessarrow - 11
@adam1995 - 13
.indulgecountry - 18
cerulean - 20
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 23
castleoblivion26 - 32
BackwoodsBarbie - 38
zaclord 🌈 - 40
someguy - 44
aerodynamite - 51

Following along:
Leo ✔
Troublemaker
Juanca
kansasmeetsmo

[.indulgecountry]

Eyyy, I predicted #10 right! So far, so good.

ETA: As an aside, I'm still rather surprised this made Top 10 at all. It just seems so forgotten and never struck me as one of her more popular hits.

[fearlessarrow]

This felt weaker than most of the songs left in the top 10 to me (even the ones I ranked lower than this), so I'm not surprised this is out here. I'm glad it made it this far though!

[Cody Wants Out...]

I was thinking this would be going soon since it wasn't eliminated already. I can understand the potential lack of passion behind this, but I find it to be a total jam.

[zaclord 🌈]

Ew, I hate this song. This made it way too far

[castleoblivion26]

The Way That I Am


Released: September 14, 1993

Tracklisting:
1 ~ "Heart Trouble”
2 ~ “My Baby Loves Me”
3 ~ “That Wasn’t Me”
4 ~ “Independence Day”
5 ~ “Where I Used To Have A Heart”
6 ~ “Goin’ To Work”
7 ~ “She Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
8 ~ “Life #9”
9 ~ “Strangers”
10 ~ “Ashes”

This album saw 5 singles released: "My Baby Loves Me", “Life #9”, “Independence Day”, “Heart Trouble”, and "Where I Used To Have A Heart"

“Ashes” was omitted from the cassette version of this album

“Goin’ To Work” was written by Martina’s fellow 90’s Female Country star Pam Tillis.

“Strangers” was never released though would later be included on her Greatest Hits album where it almost saw a release but again missed out

There was an international release of this album that included “The Time Has Come”, “That’s Me”, “Cheap Whiskey”, and “When You Are Old”

Country singer Deryl Dodd sang background vocals on songs “Goin’ To Work” and “Ashes”

The album peaked at #14 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The album has sold over a million copies and was certified Platinum in 1995

"She Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet"



Ranks:
castleoblivion26 ~ 6

"Goin’ To Work"



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[castleoblivion26]

#9 ~ Whatever You Say


Album: Evolution
Track #8
Written by: Ed Hill, Tony Martin

"You think I'm always makin'
Something out of nothin'
You're sayin' everything's okay
You've always got an answer
Before I ask the question
Whatever you say

Now we can change the subject
Pretend I never brought it up
Same old story anyway
Later we can work it out
Right now you're talked out
Yeah, whatever you say

Oh I know you can hear me
But I'm not sure you're listening
I hear what you're sayin'
But still there's somthing missin'
Whether I go whether I stay
Right now depends on
Whatever you say"

Peak:
Billboard's Hot Country Songs: 2
Billboard Hot 100: 37

Points: 297

This is the 6th and final single released from Martina's Evolution album
Sara Evans sings background vocals on this song
*Fact about this songs performance in this rankdown: It was #1 for the first like 6 or 7 ranks and then the low ranks came in and tanked it ☹*
Ranks:
castleoblivion26 - 1
Cody Wants Out... - 1
someguy - 2
bboat11 - 5
dub - 5
Kanenrá:ke - 5
@adam1995 - 9
zaclord 🌈 - 11
aerodynamite - 16
cerulean - 21
.indulgecountry - 24
austin - 28
fearlessarrow - 47
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 61
BackwoodsBarbie - 61

Following along:
Leo ✔
Troublemaker
Juanca
kansasmeetsmo

[fearlessarrow]

Sorry this just didn't click with me! It's actually one of the only big hits of hers that didn't quite do it for me   I thought this would do a bit better but I'm not the only one who tanked this song lol

And Sara Evans sang background vocals for this? I would've never guessed!

[zaclord 🌈]

I had never heard this song before, but I liked it a good bit on first listen!