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Post by bboat11 on Dec 29, 2017 21:38:23 GMT -5
Anyone ready to finish this up?
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 21:40:33 GMT -5
Forever and Always lowest SD and White Horse highest SD. You're right! #5. "Forever & Always"
Points: 373 Average: 7.96774 Standard Deviation: 3.86451 (LOWEST SD!!!) Hidden Message: If you play these games we're both going to lose
This is the final album track to be revealed, which means the rest of the remaining tracks are singles. I didn't expect this song to finish this high, but I'm not complaining since this was my top-ranked album track. Another thing I was surprised about was how this song had the lowest standard deviation. I originally thought this song was going to be polarizing and have one of the highest standard deviations, so this was really surprising to me!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 29, 2017 21:43:59 GMT -5
Whoops, I forgot to do predictions! "Forever And Always" was going to be my #5 prediction anyway I'm shocked that song managed to make the top 5! I enjoyed it a decent amount, but I didn't think the original version would do so much better than the piano version. The remaining songs: 4. White Horse 3. Fearless 2. Love Story 1. You Belong With Me
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 21:45:12 GMT -5
Forever & Always is another one of the perfect songs of the record, both it's original & piano version
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Post by CF15 on Dec 29, 2017 21:55:32 GMT -5
I was the lone highest rank for this? Wow, that is surprising. At least it made the top 5, so I'm happy. :) I'm rooting for my #1!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 21:56:32 GMT -5
So this one actually had one of the lowest SDs...The remaining songs: 4. White Horse3. Fearless 2. Love Story 1. You Belong With Me #4. "White Horse"
Points: 388 Average: 7.48387 Standard Deviation: 4.39113 (3rd lowest SD)Hidden Message: All I ever wanted was the truthThis was one of the most consistent songs throughout the rankdown, as this song stayed at #4 since the fourth submission. The top 3 started running away pretty quickly, and the point difference between this song and the #3 song is 37 points. As the second single from Fearless, it peaked at #2 on country radio and #13 on the Hot 100. This song also gave Taylor her very first Grammy, when she won Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 2010 Grammys. She also won Best Country Song with "White Horse" as well, in a night that gave her 4 Grammys at the age of 20. chicken077 sees his #19 off here, which means there are only TWO people with a #19 remaining!!
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Post by Bwol on Dec 29, 2017 21:58:42 GMT -5
P-P-PERFECT RANKING!!!
Predictions for top 3:
3. Fearless
2. You Belong With Me
1. Love Story
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 29, 2017 21:58:51 GMT -5
YESSSSS, that song is nice to listen to, but it definitely deserved to leave before any of the remaining 3. Now I don't really care what wins, although I am definitely rooting for "Love Story"! (Even though I predicted YBWM a minute ago...)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 29, 2017 21:59:00 GMT -5
Lol @ this being #4 basically the entire submission process.
But yay @ "White Horse" finally leaving!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 22:02:47 GMT -5
#2 and #3 are tied in points, but the number of #1 ranks became the tie-breaker!! #3 has two #1 ranks, while #2 has SEVEN #1 ranks!
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Dec 29, 2017 22:03:36 GMT -5
*Hoping Fearless can somehow sneak into the top 2 over You Belong With Me*
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 29, 2017 22:05:29 GMT -5
That hint kinda gives me hope for "Love Story" to be the winner... I just don't see any way "Fearless" can beat the two bigger hits, but I know some people love it, so 2 #1s sounds reasonable for it, so it could be the #3 song. But between "You Belong With Me" and "Love Story", I definitely see YBWM being much more likely to have 7 #1s! This is all speculation of course, but I think "Love Story" has a shot here!!!
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Post by Bwol on Dec 29, 2017 22:07:40 GMT -5
Well Taylor wins no matter what sooooo lol.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 22:08:28 GMT -5
#3. "Fearless"
Points (tied with #2): 425 Average: 6.29032 Standard Deviation: 4.53797 Hidden Message: I loved you before I met you
I am so glad this song made it this far! There were times when "Fearless" climbed to #1 overall, but it slipped away to #3. I love the melody in the verses, and also the anthemic feel in the chorus, making it a perfect opener to the album in the standard version of Fearless. It consistently received decent to good rankings, which is probably what helped this song in this rankdown. It peaked at #10 on country radio as the fifth single and peaked at #9 on the Hot 100 when it was first released as a promotional single.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 22:09:32 GMT -5
I have to be away from the computer for a bit, so keep debating over "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me"!! Or talk about how amazing "Fearless" is, that is also acceptable and encouraged.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 29, 2017 22:11:51 GMT -5
I really don't know what I was doing with my #11 ranking here. This song is definitely a deserving member of the top 3! I am pleased to see it so high, as it felt to me like a song that might succumb just inside the top 10 for whatever reason.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Dec 29, 2017 22:13:13 GMT -5
Fearless is miles better than "You Belong With Me" (which BETTER be #2). Also way better than Love Story but at least that one is still really good
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Post by Bwol on Dec 29, 2017 22:14:14 GMT -5
Amazing song (like all of her music)
Love Story is going to take it.
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Post by CF15 on Dec 29, 2017 22:14:32 GMT -5
Chicken and Leo, why must you do this to me?!?!?!?!?! :'( Top 2 is boring and predictable. Meh.
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Post by Choco on Dec 29, 2017 22:18:12 GMT -5
YBWM for the win.
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 29, 2017 22:21:41 GMT -5
Glad Fearless made it into the top 3.
From the remaining two, one is my #1, and the other I came in planning to put at the bottom until I remembered how not good most of the bonus tracks and Fifteen were.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Dec 29, 2017 22:25:42 GMT -5
YBWM FTW!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 22:34:34 GMT -5
I really don't know what I was doing with my #11 ranking here. This song is definitely a deserving member of the top 3! I am pleased to see it so high, as it felt to me like a song that might succumb just inside the top 10 for whatever reason. The thing is if you had done that, "Fearless" would've won this rankdown, that's how close this was!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 29, 2017 22:51:42 GMT -5
#2. "You Belong With Me"
Points (tied with #3): 425 Average: 8.29023 Standard Deviation: 5.3953 (3rd highest SD) Hidden Message: Love is blind so you couldn't see me
This song sat at #1 for the longest time during the submission process and was ahead of the #2 song by about 20 points, but "Love Story" started catching up after @walker9's submission, and "Fearless" caught up around .indulgecountry and castleoblivion26's submissions. This is one of Taylor's iconic songs, being her highest-charting single (#2 on the Hot 100) until "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" became her first #1. This also earned her Record of the Year and Song of the Year nominations at the 2010 Grammys.
#1. "Love Story"
Points: 431 Average: 6.09677 Standard Deviation: 5.91529 (HIGHEST SD!!!) Hidden Message: Someday I'll find this
I don't know how rare it is for the song with the highest standard deviation to win a rankdown, but it happened here! I would've loved to see "You Belong With Me" or "Fearless" win over this one, but I love this one a lot as well, so I won't complain. This song is the song that really broke Taylor out on pop radio, as it became her first song to hit the top on that chart and also her first to reach the top 10 of the year-end Hot 100 at #5 (Taylor has not bested that, she came close with "Blank Space" at #7 in 2015).
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Post by Leo ✔ on Dec 29, 2017 22:53:19 GMT -5
why? I'M OUT.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Dec 29, 2017 22:54:48 GMT -5
Thank goodness.
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 29, 2017 22:55:20 GMT -5
I never need to hear YBWM ever again.
LS still holds up, I remember being extremely impressed with it on the first listen too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 22:55:38 GMT -5
I'd be fine with either of these 2 winning, their both classics in my book Anywho, HERE'S TO SPEAK NOW being next!!!!!!
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Post by Choco on Dec 29, 2017 22:55:41 GMT -5
You know it's still my #1 vs my #2 but I can't help but feel disappointed. YBWM was the song that made me a Taylor Swift fan.
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Post by deepston on Dec 29, 2017 22:57:11 GMT -5
Wow Finally Taylor won a rankdown! :kii:
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