I Like It, I Love It - A Tim McGraw Rankdown (#1 Revealed!)

[sabre14]

The fact that the auto-tuned disgrace of a song known as "Lookin' For That Girl" is still in after two reveals amazes me.

Also, lol @ my 71 being the seventh highest placing for "Truck Yeah".

[bboat11]

74. "Lookin' For That Girl"

Album: Sundown Heaven Town

Country Airplay Peak: 15
Year: 2014





Total: 1416
Average: 67.43
Std Dev: 12.48

rgreen0625 - 33
toomuchboy - 39
austin - 55
kansasmeetsmo - 56
Troublemaker - 59
@anythingbutmine - 65
.indulgecountry - 66
CoJoFan - 70
countrymusicjunkie - 70
bboat11 - 73
Kanenrá:ke - 75
someguy - 75
@adam1995 - 75
tim - 75
zaclord 🌈 - 75
fearlessarrow - 75
castleoblivion26 - 76
Cody Wants Out... - 76
Kentucky25 - 76
sabre14 - 76
cerulean - 76

With that, we kiss goodbye to yet another one of the singles from Tim's Big Machine days. This time the lead single to his Sundown Heaven Town album. LFTG wipes out a bottom-2 for nearly half of us!

[bboat11]

Our next result beat "Lookin' For That Girl" by over 100 points. Lol the bottom-3 was REALLY the bottom 3!!!

[countrymusicjunkie]

Aug 2, 2017 0:15:41 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Our next result beat "Lookin' For That Girl" by over 100 points. Lol the bottom-3 was REALLY the bottom 3!!!

"What Room Was The Holiday In"?

[fearlessarrow]

This is another one of those times where I would use the phrase "Bye trash!" "Truck Yeah" I can kind of understand why it was released but this I don't.

All of us who ranked "Truck Yeah" at #76 (@adam1995, someguy, zaclord 🌈, and me) ranked "Lookin' For That Girl" at #75 lol

[bboat11]

73. "What Room Was The Holiday In"

Album: Tim McGraw

Country Airplay Peak: Did Not Chart

Year: 1991





Total: 1303
Average: 62.05
Std Dev: 12.10

@adam1995 - 33
Kanenrá:ke - 38
kansasmeetsmo - 45
sabre14 - 51
countrymusicjunkie - 53
rgreen0625 - 54
Kentucky25 - 59
.indulgecountry - 63
Troublemaker - 63
bboat11 - 66
someguy - 67
Cody Wants Out... - 67
CoJoFan - 68
toomuchboy - 69
cerulean - 69
tim - 70
austin - 73
zaclord 🌈 - 73
fearlessarrow - 73
castleoblivion26 - 73
@anythingbutmine - 76

We are already saying goodbye to Tim's very first single! Radio never took to this one, and obviously neither did the majority of us in this rankdown. Like many of us here, I had not heard any of his debut album's songs before, but this one was probably my favorite out of them. His voice sounds pretty weak here (he does the same weird whisper-singing thing that John Anderson does), but melodically the chorus is pretty catchy.

[bboat11]

When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar, you're listening to the sound of the...________ heart?

[countrymusicjunkie]

Aug 2, 2017 0:36:56 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar, you're listening to the sound of the...________ heart?

Two Stepping Mind And A Honkytonk Heart

[castleoblivion26]

cannot complain with any of these eliminations thus far

I have had Tim's first album since the 90's and I actually like a lot of the songs on it but "What Room was The Holiday In" has always been one of my least favorites off of that album. It is definitely weaker than most everything else he has ever released with Curb. Sadly he had to disrupt his catalog with terrible song choices like "Lookin' For That Girl" and "Truck Yeah" (super sad that Chris Janson helped write "Truck Yeah" because that is so bad imo)

[bboat11]

Aug 2, 2017 0:36:56 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar, you're listening to the sound of the...________ heart?

The answer is: "honky tonk heart"! I put a question mark after it because obviously the well-known lyric to George Strait's "Heartland" is "When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar, you're listening to the sound of the American heart," so obviously someone might be confused if they were to walk into a bar and hear a fiddle and steel guitar and realize that it is actually the sound of a honky tonk heart

"I need a five-piece band with a fiddle and steel guitar
Someone to hold when the music starts
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart"

72. "Two Steppin' Mind"

Album: Tim McGraw

Country Airplay Peak: 71

Year: 1993





Total: 1298
Average: 61.81
Std Dev: 8.07 (2nd smallest!!!)


tim - 49
toomuchboy - 51
.indulgecountry - 52
cerulean - 52
Kentucky25 - 55
bboat11 - 56
countrymusicjunkie - 56
@adam1995 - 57
kansasmeetsmo - 57
sabre14 - 59
zaclord 🌈 - 61
Kanenrá:ke - 64
fearlessarrow - 66
rgreen0625 - 68
Troublemaker - 68
@anythingbutmine - 69
someguy - 69
Cody Wants Out... - 70
castleoblivion26 - 71
CoJoFan - 72
austin - 76

With this being the 4th single off of Tim McGraw, Tim McGraw's debut album officially becomes the first album to lose multiple songs!

[bboat11]

Lol countrymusicjunkie is on fire with these hints! You're the zjames of the Tim McGraw rankdown!

[bboat11]

Also lol sorry Leo ✔, I keep forgetting to tag you

[bboat11]

Hint for the last reveal of the night...

[countrymusicjunkie]

You've stumped me with that hint.

[cerulean]

"Lookin' for That Girl" stayed in too long.

But wait, "Two Steppin' Mind"?! Really? We couldn't find anything else to eliminate already because I can think of one... *cough*FeelLikeaRockstar*cough*

And that clue has got to be for Indian Outlaw.

[countrymusicjunkie]

Aug 2, 2017 1:00:18 GMT -5 cerulean said:

"Lookin' for That Girl" stayed in too long.

But wait, "Two Steppin' Mind"?! Really? We couldn't find anything else to eliminate already because I can think of one... *cough*FeelLikeaRockstar*cough*

And that clue has got to be for Indian Outlaw.

I was thinking Indian Outlaw too but it seems way too early for it to be eliminated.

[bboat11]

"Seems like I'd take a new road after all these years
But I wind up on the same old trail of tears"

71. "Memory Lane"
Album: Tim McGraw
Country Airplay Peak: 60
Year: 1993





Total: 1280
Average: 60.95
Std Dev: 13.77

tim - 20
Kentucky25 - 30
cerulean - 51
countrymusicjunkie - 55
castleoblivion26 - 57
Kanenrá:ke - 58
zaclord 🌈 - 60
fearlessarrow - 60
.indulgecountry - 60
sabre14 - 62
rgreen0625 - 62
kansasmeetsmo - 66
@adam1995 - 66
someguy - 68
bboat11 - 71
Troublemaker - 71
toomuchboy - 71
@anythingbutmine - 71
Cody Wants Out... - 72
CoJoFan - 74
austin - 75

Leo ✔

That's right, we can officially wave goodbye to the 3rd consecutive song from Tim's debut! Can't say I'm going to miss any of them. I am surprised to see that this song gave somebody the very first top 20 loss of the rankdown!

[bboat11]

With that, our bottom 6 is gone! 70 songs remain. Which of those songs are you guys surprised to see survive the bottom 6? Which songs in the bottom 6 (if any) are you surprised to see out already?

[fearlessarrow]

I am totally with you about not missing any of the songs from Tim's debut album. They seemed weaker than other tracks he has, and all of them ended up closer to the bottom than the top for me.

I'm surprised "Feel Like a Rockstar" wasn't eliminated in the first round of reveals (now watch indulge rant about it not being eliminated yet ;) ). It's super underwhelming for a collaboration between two of the format's biggest stars. But then again, it's probably my favorite single from Welcome to the Fishbowl except I can't remember how "El Cerrito Place" goes (but FLAR is better than the borefest called "Come Over"!)...

[cerulean]

Ha good one, it really would've been a shocker if "Indian Outlaw" was out that early. I'm gonna guess "Welcome to the Club" leaves as #70 at this rate.

I think the only loss I'm slightly disappointed for is "Two Steppin' Mind". I think that should've deserved to make it to the 65-70 range.

[countrymusicjunkie]

I'm not really surprised by anything that's been eliminated but I am surprised that "Over And Over" and "Suspicions" are still in.

[bboat11]

Aug 2, 2017 1:11:42 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

I am totally with you about not missing any of the songs from Tim's debut album. They seemed weaker than other tracks he has, and all of them ended up closer to the bottom than the top for me.

I'm surprised "Feel Like a Rockstar" wasn't eliminated in the first round of reveals (now watch indulge rant about it not being eliminated yet ;) ). It's super underwhelming for a collaboration between two of the format's biggest stars. But then again, it's probably my favorite single from Welcome to the Fishbowl except I can't remember how "El Cerrito Place" goes (but FLAR is better than the borefest called "Come Over"!)...

OMG "Come Over" is one of my favorite Kenny Chesney songs!! And as somebody who is not exactly a fan of him, that is really saying something... Lol!

[Leo ✔]

I was receiving shade and Im not a participant lol

Looking For That Girl deserved better *gets kicked*

[bboat11]

Aug 2, 2017 1:21:55 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

I was receiving shade and Im not a participant lol

Looking For That Girl deserved better *gets kicked*

LMAO considering the huge gap between it and the next song, you rating it high would have had absolutely no effect on its placement. The only thing you would have done is chosen to lose a high-ranking song early 

[Leo ✔]

Aug 2, 2017 1:39:43 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Aug 2, 2017 1:21:55 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

I was receiving shade and Im not a participant lol

Looking For That Girl deserved better *gets kicked*

LMAO considering the huge gap between it and the next song, you rating it high would have had absolutely no effect on its placement. The only thing you would have done is chosen to lose a high-ranking song early 

I loss my #4 on Kylie rankdown... I can live with early departures lol

[fearlessarrow]

Aug 2, 2017 1:19:21 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Aug 2, 2017 1:11:42 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

I am totally with you about not missing any of the songs from Tim's debut album. They seemed weaker than other tracks he has, and all of them ended up closer to the bottom than the top for me.

I'm surprised "Feel Like a Rockstar" wasn't eliminated in the first round of reveals (now watch indulge rant about it not being eliminated yet ;) ). It's super underwhelming for a collaboration between two of the format's biggest stars. But then again, it's probably my favorite single from Welcome to the Fishbowl except I can't remember how "El Cerrito Place" goes (but FLAR is better than the borefest called "Come Over"!)...

OMG "Come Over" is one of my favorite Kenny Chesney songs!! And as somebody who is not exactly a fan of him, that is really saying something... Lol!

Well I think I'm in the minority about thinking "Come Over" is boring anyways so... I even ranked it at #88 on the 2012 Year-End Hot 100 (it was my third-lowest ranked country song ahead of "Red Solo Cup" and "Take a Little Ride" which isn't saying much). I'm listening to it again but it still does nothing for me 

Aug 2, 2017 1:21:55 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

I was receiving shade and Im not a participant lol

Looking For That Girl deserved better *gets kicked*

Tbh "Lookin' For That Girl" did better than it deserved to! You should be happy  :kii:  I am curious to see where you would've ranked it if you actually had participated in this though.

And yes, I will give you a kick ;)

[.indulgecountry]

Small, unimportant victory, but I'm quite happy to see that "Lookin' for That Girl" beat out "Truck Yeah," because the former has always just been mediocre to me while the latter is a dumpster fire of epic proportions.

Also, I predicted it would be his first album era to be cleared out, but I am a *little* surprised that his debut album is doing that poorly. Like I think we're already down to just "Welcome to the Club" left from that one and we're only like 6 reveals in, right? I feel like with how obscure it is (hadn't heard and/or didn't remember any of his debut album era stuff before this RD) and with how strong his material is, it was expected... though seeing some of Shania's non-entity debut album singles have some mileage in her rankdown (namely "What Made You Say That" coming close to Top 20) made me a little skeptic that they'd all just slot in right at the bottom, but I underestimated that I suppose.

ETA: Now where tf is the Kenny Crapney duet? GTFO yesterday.

[austin]

Not sad to have lost any of these, but I like Truck Yeah and That Girl more than most.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Aug 1, 2017 23:48:59 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

I liked "Nine Lives" to some extent... And   at me being the third-highest ranker for the song lol

I did too...but I got you beat.

I like Def Leppard, but "Nine Lives" pales in comparison to their stuff from Pyromania and Hysteria.

[zaclord 🌈]

Fantastic beginning to the rankdown! Most of the useless garbage is out already and Tim's boring first era (that I didn't know existed) is vanishing rapidly. Keep it coming.