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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 17:57:48 GMT -5
Clue for #17:
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 18:34:41 GMT -5
#17 – “Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #19 Highest Ranking: #3 .indulgecountryLowest Ranking : #40 toomuchboy Total Points: 322 Average Rank: 20.125 .indulgecountry – 3 Troublemaker – 7 sabre14 – 7 Kanenrá:ke – 7 LBTrocks – 8 Cody Wants Out... – 13 someguy – 19 tim – 21 fearlessarrow – 24 BackwoodsBarbie – 24 castleoblivion26 – 25 austin – 26 bboat11 – 27 sbp17 – 33 DistrictTwelve – 38 toomuchboy – 40 Following: dubThe lead single and title track to her 2007 Big Machine album, “Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love” leaves us here. To date, it’s Trisha’s final top 20 country radio single, peaking at #19. I thought this one was going to be a top 5 with the way it opened at radio, but it unfortunately hit a brick wall and stalled just inside the top 20. It sounds unlike anything else in her catalogue, and I remember the reception it received initially was so positive. It proved to be a bit polarizing here – it received five top 10 rankings, including a #3 from .indulgecountry but it also received some low rankings, including a last place placement from toomuchboy. Clue explanation: The opening lyric to the first verse is They say up in heaven the streets are gold once you get passed the pearly gatesThe Pulse single thread, if anyone is interested: Trisha Yearwood - "Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love"
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 18:37:20 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 18:52:33 GMT -5
#16 – “On A Bus To St. Cloud”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #59 Highest Ranking: #3 timLowest Ranking : #38 austinTotal Points: 322 Average Rank: 20.125 tim – 3 .indulgecountry – 5 fearlessarrow – 5 Kanenrá:ke – 9 someguy – 10 BackwoodsBarbie – 10 sabre14 – 16 bboat11 – 16 Troublemaker – 21 LBTrocks – 29 Cody Wants Out... – 29 castleoblivion26 – 32 sbp17 – 32 DistrictTwelve – 33 toomuchboy – 34 austin – 38 Following: dub“On A Bus To St. Cloud” was the fifth and final single from Thinkin’ About You and, unfortunately, was also Trisha’s first single to miss the top 40, peaking at #59. It fared better in Canada, where it was a top 30 radio hit, peaking at #27. This proved to be more polarizing than I thought it would be, pulling in seven top 10 placements, but also five bottom 10 rankings. It was initially a very strong contender for the top 10, but it received a few low rankings part way through the submission process that knocked it out of the top 10, and it never recovered. It’s also interesting to me that the only 11-20 rankings it received ( sabre14 and bboat11) were at #16 where it ended up, and everyone else had it either top 10 or bottom 20. I think that this is a gorgeous song with great imagery and such powerful lyrics, but it definitely wasn’t very radio friendly.
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 19:05:45 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 19:08:02 GMT -5
I'll stop there for awhile. I'll either do 15-11 later on tonight, or tomorrow. The only album tracks that remain are the ones that were mentioned by three people, as well as our winning album track, which was mentioned by everyone who submitted lists consisting of more than one song.
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 19:16:28 GMT -5
Clue for #15:
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 14, 2018 19:23:28 GMT -5
What are the remaining songs?
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Post by someguy on Apr 14, 2018 19:25:57 GMT -5
What are the remaining songs? In chronological order: She's In Love With The Boy The Woman Before Me Wrong Side Of Memphis Walkaway Joe The Song Remembers When XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl) Thinkin' About You Believe Me Baby I Lied Everybody Knows How Do I Live Perfect Love There Goes My Baby I Would've Loved You Anyway Georgia Rain This Is Me You're Talking To
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 14, 2018 19:28:57 GMT -5
I'm just catching up to this, but when I saw the hint for #16 (the Minnesota Twins), I knew it was "On a Bus to St. Cloud" :'(
Such a phenomenal song. I had never listened to it before, so that was a great discovery for me.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 14, 2018 19:38:25 GMT -5
I'm gonna guess maybe "Wrong Side Of Memphis", because it sounds like something Patty Loveless would have considered singing? Lol that's probably not what the hint was going for at all though...
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 14, 2018 23:39:53 GMT -5
Ugh @ the last few songs to go out, especially HH&TPOL and St. Cloud. Both are phenomenal. :'(
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 0:27:41 GMT -5
#15 – “The Woman Before Me”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #4 Highest Ranking: #2 DistrictTwelve Lowest Ranking : #33 LBTrocks austin Total Points: 318 Average Rank: 19.875 DistrictTwelve – 2 sbp17 – 4 .indulgecountry – 9 toomuchboy – 10 BackwoodsBarbie – 14 castleoblivion26 – 15 bboat11 – 17 Cody Wants Out... – 18 Kanenrá:ke – 23 tim – 24 fearlessarrow – 25 sabre14 – 28 someguy – 31 Troublemaker – 32 LBTrocks – 33 austin – 33 Following: dub“The Woman Before Me” was the fourth and final single from Trisha Yearwood, peaking at #4 in 1992. It started out in the bottom tier in this rankdown, but some high ranks in the middle of the submission process pushed it up, and it was able to end up in the top 15. I do like the song, and possibly underranked it, but her discography is so strong that even a #31 ranking from me still means I really like the song. Clue explanation: Patty Loveless was literally ‘the woman before’ Trisha. She won the CMA Vocalist of the Year award in 1996, and then Trisha took it home in 1997 and 1998.
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 0:30:33 GMT -5
Clue for #14:
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Post by tim on Apr 15, 2018 0:57:59 GMT -5
That would be “This Is Me You’re Talking To!”
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 1:13:29 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 1:19:40 GMT -5
Clue for #13:
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2018 1:39:03 GMT -5
Oh my goodness I hope this isn't "The Song Remembers When"......
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 15, 2018 1:44:14 GMT -5
This and the title cut from her one release on Big Machine were marvelous and I wish they'd been bigger hits than they were, and also ranked a little higher here than they did. The album had a lot of other great songs on it too, so it's a shame it flopped so bad.
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Post by tim on Apr 15, 2018 3:25:41 GMT -5
Ugh @ the last few songs to go out, especially HH&TPOL and St. Cloud. Both are phenomenal. :'( I was somewhat shocked to see “On A Bus to St. Cloud” out already. I thought it was well liked by most even though it was never a radio hit. It deserved better
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Post by tim on Apr 15, 2018 5:13:22 GMT -5
Oh my goodness I hope this isn't "The Song Remembers When"...... Better not be! Trisha had a duet on that album so I’m going to guess the hint has some correlation to that lol...I’m going with my initial hunch “I Would’ve Loved You Anyway.”
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 15, 2018 10:34:02 GMT -5
Oh my goodness I hope this isn't "The Song Remembers When"...... I’m going with my initial hunch “I Would’ve Loved You Anyway.”
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Post by tim on Apr 15, 2018 13:47:37 GMT -5
I’m going with my initial hunch “I Would’ve Loved You Anyway.” I see what you did there!
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 14:09:19 GMT -5
#13 – “Thinkin’ About You”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #1 Highest Ranking: #3 castleoblivion26 Lowest Ranking : #33 Kanenrá:ke Total Points: 283 Average Rank: 17.6875 castleoblivion26 – 3 tim – 4 DistrictTwelve – 7 Cody Wants Out... – 9 someguy – 12 LBTrocks – 12 toomuchboy – 15 Troublemaker – 15 sbp17 – 16 austin – 19 sabre14 – 25 fearlessarrow – 27 bboat11 – 28 .indulgecountry – 28 BackwoodsBarbie – 30 Kanenrá:ke – 33 Following: dub“Thinkin’ About You” is Trisha’s first #1 hit to leave the rankdown. The title track to her fourth album, it became her third #1 in early 1995, after “She’s In Love With The Boy” and “XXXs and OOOs (An American Girl)”. I’m surprised that it missed the top 10 here, but it was never really a contender for it. It has a lot of middle rankings, which allowed it to place well. There’s a pretty big gap between it and our #12 song as well as our #14 song, so this was pretty much guaranteed to be its placement. Clue explanation: Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks (Trisha’s second husband) played her love interest in the video for this song. (He also appears in the video for “Perfect Love”).
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 14:13:49 GMT -5
We're getting close to the top 10! Both #12 and #11 take out someone's #1. Clue for #12:
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 14:29:47 GMT -5
#12 – “Wrong Side Of Memphis”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #5 Highest Ranking: #1 LBTrocks Lowest Ranking : #37 DistrictTwelve Total Points: 259 Average Rank: 16.1875 LBTrocks – 1 Kanenrá:ke – 2 .indulgecountry – 7 Cody Wants Out... – 8 sbp17 – 9 fearlessarrow – 12 austin – 13 sabre14 – 14 Troublemaker – 14 toomuchboy – 16 tim – 17 someguy – 20 castleoblivion26 – 23 bboat11 – 30 BackwoodsBarbie – 36 DistrictTwelve – 37 Following: dub“Wrong Side Of Memphis” was the lead single to Trisha’s second album, Hearts In Armor. It continued her top 10 streak, peaking at #5 in 1992. The song, written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, would go on to become one of Trisha’s signature songs. It is the first Matraca Berg written song that Trisha released as a single. She would later go on to have other hits written by Matraca, including “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl)” and “Everybody Knows”. At one point, this song seemed like a lock for the top 10 here, but some late low rankings dropped it enough to fall out, despite #1 ranking by LBTrocks at the end of the submission process. Clue explanation: The lyric The same Graceland, well that’s a fact, and I ain’t driving no pink Cadillac
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 14:31:01 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 14:44:49 GMT -5
#11 – “The Song Remembers When”Billboard Country Airplay peak: #2 Highest Ranking: #1 someguyLowest Ranking : #35 sabre14Total Points: 233 Average Rank: 14.5625 someguy – 1 BackwoodsBarbie – 2 Troublemaker – 2 toomuchboy – 4 tim – 5 Kanenrá:ke – 5 bboat11 – 6 austin – 9 Cody Wants Out... – 11 fearlessarrow – 14 DistrictTwelve – 19 castleoblivion26 – 26 .indulgecountry – 29 LBTrocks – 31 sbp17 – 34 sabre14 – 35 Following: dub“The Song Remembers When” was the lead single to Trisha’s third album of the same name. It was a success, peaking at #2 on the airplay charts, and it even won an Emmy for a special that Trisha did on the Disney channel. It was also her first single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #82. This appeared to be a lock for the top 5 for a lot of the submission process, even spending some time at #1. Unfortunately, a string of low rankers near the end of the submission process caused it to drop, and it fell just short of the top 10, coming in at #11. Out of all of Trisha’s songs, this is my absolute favourite. Clue explanation: Kathy Mattea initially recorded the song and was going to put it on an album, but dropped it from the tracklist at the last minute. I like Kathy, but I’m so glad that she did, as this is absolutely Trisha’s song. She just nails it.
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Post by someguy on Apr 15, 2018 14:47:49 GMT -5
And that takes us to our top 10!
In chronological order:
She's In Love With The Boy Walkaway Joe XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl) Believe Me Baby I Lied Everybody Knows How Do I Live Perfect Love There Goes My Baby I Would've Loved You Anyway Georgia Rain
This is looking like another very busy week for me. I`ll try to post some more during the week, but this might have to be it until next weekend.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2018 15:03:10 GMT -5
Oh no, "The Song Remembers When" was ROBBED!!! Definitely deserved the top 10!!! Otherwise, this is a very impressive top 10 Prediction: 10. Everybody Knows 9. Believe Me Baby I Lied 8. Georgia Rain 7. There Goes My Baby 6. Perfect Love 5. Walkaway Joe 4. I Would've Loved You Anyway 3. XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl) 2. She's In Love With The Boy 1. How Do I Live
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