I'm A Survivor - The Reba McEntire Rankdown (Revealing)

[bboat11]

May 4, 2018 20:04:26 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

May 4, 2018 17:58:45 GMT -5 Sean said:

I'm so happy I logged on for the first time in forever! Got my list done and sent in! WOOO!!

I'm so glad that I messaged you about this. It wouldn't have been right without you!

Tbh I messaged him about it and sent him the list like a month before I even opened the rankdown thread, to give him a head start, so I'm not sure that the messaging plays as much of a role as just plain dumb luck... Lmao

Edit: But I agree! His participation was absolutely necessary!! I'm so happy now!

[bboat11]

May 4, 2018 20:08:01 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

I honestly think we need more people.

I agree... 13 is way too small of a turnout for an artist of Reba's caliber But I also don't want to keep people waiting any longer who submitted like back in January and February... So I'm in a bit of a pickle! Lol

[.indulgecountry]

May 4, 2018 20:11:07 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

May 4, 2018 20:04:26 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

I'm so glad that I messaged you about this. It wouldn't have been right without you!

Tbh I messaged him about it and sent him the list like a month before I even opened the rankdown thread, to give him a head start, so I'm not sure that the messaging plays as much of a role as just plain dumb luck... Lmao

Edit: But I agree! His participation was absolutely necessary!! I'm so happy now!

Well I clearly summoned him out of hiding because I only messaged him like two days ago... and he actually responded to my PM and submitted his list so I win.

[dub]

I'll send in a list before I go to bed tonight!

[bboat11]

Two new lists from castleoblivion26 and dub bring us to 14 overall! Kanenrá:ke has requested the weekend to finish up his list, so that'll be 15. This number's looking better and better, folks!

If anybody else wants to join, we would LOVE to have more than 15 lists But the final deadline will be Sunday night. I don't think any further extensions will be necessary.

[bboat11]

Welcome to the Reba McEntire rankdown!

Reveals time!!!!!!!!!!!! Jordan just submitted, and boy did he shuffle things up. He changed up the #1, bumping the song that had previously been the most frequent #1 contender all the way back to #3. Meanwhile, he also bumped a song to last place that had not previously been last at any other point in the submission process.... Lol I'll let you guys decide if those changes were a good thing or not as you see the reveals....

Final Participant List: (15)

1. bboat11

2. George Strait Junkie

3. @adam1995

4. Tim

5. someguy

6. BlueShades874

7. toomuchboy

8. Cody Wants Out...

9. sbp17

10. .indulgecountry

11. BackwoodsBarbie

12. Sean

13. castleoblivion26

14. dub

15. Kanenrá:ke

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Pre-Reveal Questions:
1. What will be #1?

2. What will be #100?

3. Which songs will be in the top 10?

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing?

5. Which hit-making decade will be eliminated first? (80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s). (Excluding the 70s, because she was only active for the tail end)

6. Which Reba/Kelly/Trisha collaboration will last longer: "Silent Night" or "Softly And Tenderly"? How much will it beat the other one by?

7. Which collaboration will last longest? Which will be the first eliminated ("That Makes Two Of Us", "Oklahoma Swing", "On My Own", "Because Of You", "Softly And Tenderly", "Silent Night", "Does He Love You", "Every Other Weekend", "The Only Promise That Remains", "The Heart Won't Lie", "If You See Him, If You See Her", "Cowgirls Don't Cry")

8. Which "The Heart" song will last longest? "The Heart Won't Lie" or "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"? How much will it beat the other one by?

9. How long will her most recent album full of Jesus Jamz, Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith And Hope, last? Which song will be the last to leave? ("Softly And Tenderly", "Back To God", "God And My Girlfriends")

10. Any other thoughts/predictions?

[.indulgecountry]

1. What will be #1? Gosh, this could be any number of things, but I'll go with the safe prediction and say that "Fancy" might take this.

2. What will be #100? One of the random late 70s/early 80s singles from before she made it big.

3. Which songs will be in the top 10? "Fancy," "You Lie," "Does He Love You," "Consider Me Gone," "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" and "Is There Life Out There" all seem likely.

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Most of her more recent output, probably.

5. Which hit-making decade will be eliminated first? (80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s). (Excluding the 70s, because she was only active for the tail end) The 2010s

6. Which Reba/Kelly/Trisha collaboration will last longer: "Silent Night" or "Softly And Tenderly"? How much will it beat the other one by? I hope both of them go out soon, but "Silent Night" will probably last longer.

7. Which collaboration will last longest? Which will be the first eliminated ("That Makes Two Of Us", "Oklahoma Swing", "On My Own", "Because Of You", "Softly And Tenderly", "Silent Night", "Does He Love You", "Every Other Weekend", "The Only Promise That Remains", "The Heart Won't Lie", "If You See Him, If You See Her", "Cowgirls Don't Cry") "Does He Love You?" will probably be the highest, and "That Makes Two of Us" will probably leave first.

8. Which "The Heart" song will last longest? "The Heart Won't Lie" or "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"? How much will it beat the other one by? I can see both of them making the Top 20, but I'll guess "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" will be a little higher.

9. How long will her most recent album full of Jesus Jamz, Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith And Hope, last? Which song will be the last to leave? ("Softly And Tenderly", "Back To God", "God And My Girlfriends") "Back to God" will last the longest, but it won't get too far probably. I'm gonna guess the 60s. The other two will be out lower.

10. Any other thoughts/predictions? I hope my #1 makes it to the Top 30 at least. <3

[toomuchboy]

1. What will be #1? Either "Fancy" or "Does He Love You" maybe? Honestly there are a handful of contenders and I really won't be made about what wins.

2. What will be #100? "What if" or "My Sister"

3. Which songs will be in the top 10? Fancy, DHLY, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Rumor Has It, Whoever's in New England, You Lie...

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Probably the songs from the first 3 albums or so, then her later singles.

5. Which hit-making decade will be eliminated first? (80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s). 2000s.

6. Which Reba/Kelly/Trisha collaboration will last longer: "Silent Night" or "Softly And Tenderly"? How much will it beat the other one by? "Softly and Tenderly," I *hope*, but it'll probably be "Silent Night." Not very far between the two, I'd guess.

7. Which collaboration will last longest? Which will be the first eliminated?
Longest: "Does He Love You." First: "Oklahoma Swing."

8. Which "The Heart" song will last longest? "The Heart Won't Lie" or "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"? How much will it beat the other one by? I've never been crazy about it, but it'll probably be THWL. Um... Maybe 10-15ish ranks between at the most?

9. How long will her most recent album full of Jesus Jamz, Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith And Hope, last? Which song will be the last to leave?
Not very. "Softly and Tenderly."

10. Any other thoughts/predictions?Hopefully her late '90s material makes top half at least. That was always my favorite sound/phase of hers.

[Tim]

1. What will be #1? "Is There Life Out There" for the win!

2. What will be #100? Most likely something from her late 70's releases as most of us aren't familiar with the material.

3. Which songs will be in the top 10? I'd say "Is There Life Out There," "Fancy," "The Night's the Lights Went Out in Georgia," "Whoever's In New England," and "Does He Love You" are probably safe bets; aside from that maybe something from her 00s material that more of y'all are familiar with such as "Consider Me Gone."

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Her most recent material including songs from Sing it Now.

5. Which hit-making decade will be eliminated first (80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s)? The 10s for sure.

6. Which Reba/Kelly/Trisha collaboration will last longer: "Silent Night" or "Softly And Tenderly" and how much will it beat the other one by? "Silent Night" is great so hope to see it place higher than the other, but it's also a Christmas song so it may not beat it by much.

7. Which collaboration will last longest? Which will be the first eliminated? "Does He Love You" for sure; "That Makes Two of Us" will probably leave first since its from her late 70s material.

8. Which "The Heart" song will last longest? "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" will probably last longer, although I think "The Heart Won't Lie" is fantastic and deserving of a top 10 finish. Both might finish inside the top 20.

9. How long will her most recent album full of Jesus Jamz, Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith And Hope, last and which song will be the last to leave? It'll be her first album from the 10s eliminated with "Back To God" staying in the longest.

10. Any other thoughts/predictions? I have a few Reba stories to share (mostly from the 90s)...been looking forward to getting this one started so let's do it!

[someguy]

1. What will be #1? No idea, but "Is There Life Out There", "Fancy" and "The Fear Of Being Alone" could all be contenders

2. What will be #100? Probably one of her 70's/early 80's Mercury releases

3. Which songs will be in the top 10? "Is There Life After Love", "Fancy", "The Fear Of Being Alone", "Does He Love You", "The Greatest Man I Never Knew", "For My Broken Heart", "Whoever's In New England", "Consider Me Gone", "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia", "One Promise Too Late"

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing?"I'm A Survivor", "Going Out Like That", "If I Were A Boy", "On My Own"

5. Which hit-making decade will be eliminated first? (80s, 90s, 00s, or 10s). (Excluding the 70s, because she was only active for the tail end)00s

6. Which Reba/Kelly/Trisha collaboration will last longer: "Silent Night" or "Softly And Tenderly"? How much will it beat the other one by? "Silent Night" will last longer, but only by 10 spots or so (and both will be in the bottom third)

7. Which collaboration will last longest? Which will be the first eliminated ("That Makes Two Of Us", "Oklahoma Swing", "On My Own", "Because Of You", "Softly And Tenderly", "Silent Night", "Does He Love You", "Every Other Weekend", "The Only Promise That Remains", "The Heart Won't Lie", "If You See Him, If You See Her", "Cowgirls Don't Cry") Longest - "Does He Love You"; First out - "That Makes Two Of Us"

8. Which "The Heart" song will last longest? "The Heart Won't Lie" or "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"? How much will it beat the other one by? "the Heart Won't Lie" by 10-15 spots

9. How long will her most recent album full of Jesus Jamz, Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith And Hope, last? Which song will be the last to leave? ("Softly And Tenderly", "Back To God", "God And My Girlfriends") Last to leave - "God And My Girlfriends" - it will be out before the top 60 though

10. Any other thoughts/predictions? This is a 100 song rankdown where I at least like every song. I hope my #1 makes the top 20 at least.

[Sean]

Well I'd love to answer these questions, but Tim literally said everything that needs to be said! Spot on with all of those predictions! I also agree with someguy and I think the 00's will go before the 10's!

Also, I know it's an extreme prediction, but part of me see's "Fancy" just barely making it to top 10...possibly right outside of top 10 even?? It's a great song, it made my top 10, but I think Reba had much stronger songs in the 90s that could dominate the top 10!

[Sean]

SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



My queen! <3

[bboat11]

Everybody, here comes the life of the party...

[Cody Wants Out...]

"Goin' Out Like That" can't be last place; yeah, it's a more recent single of hers, but it's a jam!

[.indulgecountry]

May 9, 2018 13:17:32 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

"Goin' Out Like That" can't be last place; yeah, it's a more recent single of hers, but it's a jam!

Lol no way, I think he's just saying he's ready to start.

[bboat11]

And to think I'd ever find you;

It's impossible but true.

'Cause I've waited all my life for you.

100. "I've Waited All My Life For You"

Album: Reba McEntire

Year: 1978





Total: 1352
Average: 90.13
Std Dev: 12.16


George Strait Junkie - 62
toomuchboy - 63
sbp17 - 81
BackwoodsBarbie - 87
Sean - 92
.indulgecountry - 95
dub - 95
BlueShades874 - 96
castleoblivion26 - 96
Kanenrá:ke - 96
@adam1995 - 97
bboat11 - 98
Tim - 98
someguy - 98
Cody Wants Out... - 98


For our first elimination we take a bite out of Reba's very first album, thereby putting a significant dent into Reba's '70s output. I don't have much to say about this song other than it is incredibly boring, so it is a very valid first elimination... Lol. This was always a bottom 5, but it was actually never in last place until Jordan submitted his list right at the end!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}
(I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then
(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
And Still
Back To God
Because Of You
Can’t Even Get The Blues
Cathy’s Clown
Consider Me Gone
Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Does He Love You
Every Other Weekend
Fallin’ Out Of Love
Fancy
For My Broken Heart
Forever Love
Glad I Waited Just For You
God And My Girlfriends
Going Out Like That
Have I Got A Deal For You
He Broke Your Memory Last Night
He Gets That From Me
How Blue
How Was I To Know
I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
I Don’t Think Love Oughta Be That Way
I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
I Keep On Lovin’ You
I Know How He Feels
I’d Rather Ride Around With You
I’ll Be
I’m A Survivor
I’m Gonna Take That Mountain
I’m Not That Lonely Yet
If I Were A Boy
If You See Him, If You See Her
Is There Life Out There
It’s Your Call
Just A Little Love
Just Like Them Horses
Last Night, Ev’ry Night
Let The Music Lift You Up
Little Girl
Little Rock
Love Needs A Holiday
Love Will Find Its Way to You
My Sister
New Fool At An Old Game
Oklahoma Swing
On My Own
One Honest Heart
One Promise Too Late
Only In My Mind
Only You (And You Alone)
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Rumor Has It
Runaway Heart
She Thinks His Name Was John
Silent Night
Softly And Tenderly
Somebody
Somebody Should Leave
Somebody’s Chelsea
Starting Over Again
Strange
Sunday Kind Of Love
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Music Man
Take It Back
That Makes Two Of Us
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Greatest Man I Never Knew
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Heart Won’t Lie
The Last One To Know
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
The Only Promise That Remains
There Ain’t No Future In This
There’s Nothing Like The Love
They Asked About You
Til Love Comes Again
Till You Love Me
Today All Over Again
Turn On The Radio
Until They Don’t Love You
Walk On
We’re So Good Together
What Am I Gonna Do About You
What Do You Say
What If
What If It’s You
When Love Gets A Hold Of You
Whoever’s In New England
Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t Have)
Why Haven’t I Heard From You
Wrong Night
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
You Lie
You’re Gonna Be
You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving

[castleoblivion26]

definitely a predictable beginning. Agreed that this was rather boring. My entire bottom 5 was hard for me to rank because I didn't care for any of them. Hopefully they all go early.

[bboat11]

Up next, the song that actually WAS at #100 for almost the entire submission process until Jordan gave it a nice boost at the end...

[Cody Wants Out...]

...and I was bracing myself for my first top 40 loss already!

[bboat11]

May 9, 2018 13:48:28 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

...and I was bracing myself for my first top 40 loss already!

Lmao. Don't worry, nobody ranked this next one in the top half

[bboat11]

We've got so much in common.

Given half a chance I'm sure you'll agree,

One way to sum up forever is "you and me".

99. "That Makes Two Of Us" ft. Jacky Ward (who?)

Album: Out Of A Dream
Year: 1979





Total: 1341
Average: 89.40
Std Dev: 13.14


toomuchboy - 55
castleoblivion26 - 74
BackwoodsBarbie - 76
Kanenrá:ke - 79
.indulgecountry - 89
Cody Wants Out... - 90
George Strait Junkie - 91
BlueShades874 - 92
Sean - 96
sbp17 - 99
dub - 100
@adam1995 - 100
bboat11 - 100
Tim - 100
someguy - 100


For our second elimination, we take another bite out of Reba's '70s singles, although this time the casualty comes from her second album. This also marks our first collaboration to be eliminated!  "That Makes Two Of Us" was clearly the most-hated song in this rankdown, as it managed to gain a #100 vote from 1/3 of the participants.

When I hosted the Reba Danger Zone a few years ago, this song was last place! Clearly that was not a fluke, as it only barely managed to escape last place here.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}
(I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then
(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
And Still
Back To God
Because Of You
Can’t Even Get The Blues
Cathy’s Clown
Consider Me Gone
Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Does He Love You
Every Other Weekend
Fallin’ Out Of Love
Fancy
For My Broken Heart
Forever Love
Glad I Waited Just For You
God And My Girlfriends
Going Out Like That
Have I Got A Deal For You
He Broke Your Memory Last Night
He Gets That From Me
How Blue
How Was I To Know
I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
I Don’t Think Love Oughta Be That Way
I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
I Keep On Lovin’ You
I Know How He Feels
I’d Rather Ride Around With You
I’ll Be
I’m A Survivor
I’m Gonna Take That Mountain
I’m Not That Lonely Yet
If I Were A Boy
If You See Him, If You See Her
Is There Life Out There
It’s Your Call
Just A Little Love
Just Like Them Horses
Last Night, Ev’ry Night
Let The Music Lift You Up
Little Girl
Little Rock
Love Needs A Holiday
Love Will Find Its Way to You
My Sister
New Fool At An Old Game
Oklahoma Swing
On My Own
One Honest Heart
One Promise Too Late
Only In My Mind
Only You (And You Alone)
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Rumor Has It
Runaway Heart
She Thinks His Name Was John
Silent Night
Softly And Tenderly
Somebody
Somebody Should Leave
Somebody’s Chelsea
Starting Over Again
Strange
Sunday Kind Of Love
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Music Man
Take It Back
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Greatest Man I Never Knew
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Heart Won’t Lie
The Last One To Know
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
The Only Promise That Remains
There Ain’t No Future In This
There’s Nothing Like The Love
They Asked About You
Til Love Comes Again
Till You Love Me
Today All Over Again
Turn On The Radio
Until They Don’t Love You
Walk On
We’re So Good Together
What Am I Gonna Do About You
What Do You Say
What If
What If It’s You
When Love Gets A Hold Of You
Whoever’s In New England
Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t Have)
Why Haven’t I Heard From You
Wrong Night
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
You Lie
You’re Gonna Be
You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving

[castleoblivion26]

hmm I didn't hate this one that bad. Not one I'd ever go out of my way to listen to again so I guess I probably overranked it but there were definitely worse songs here.

[bboat11]

Up next, we are already going to say goodbye to the smallest standard deviation!!!!

[toomuchboy]

This was sort of boring, kind of my definition of "adequate." But it didn't irk me like the songs I put at the bottom. *shrug*

[bboat11]

Only you and you alone

Can thrill me like you do,

And fill my heart with love

For only you.

98. "Only You (And You Alone)"

Album: Heart To Heart

Year: 1981





Total: 1311
Average: 87.40
Std Dev: 8.43 (1st smallest!!!)


dub - 72
Kanenrá:ke - 73
toomuchboy - 76
castleoblivion26 - 82
Sean - 85
George Strait Junkie - 86
sbp17 - 88
someguy - 88
@adam1995 - 91
bboat11 - 93
.indulgecountry - 94
Cody Wants Out... - 94
Tim - 94
BackwoodsBarbie - 96
BlueShades874 - 99


This song was our #100 for a brief spell, but ultimately had no trouble staying ahead of the 2 songs that ended up finishing lower. However, I am a little more surprised that this one is so low than I have been about the other two. This one has a classic vibe to it that I figured a few people might connect with more than a lot of her early work. Actually, I honestly thought this was a Patsy Cline song that Reba covered, and I just discovered that it wasn't while writing this up

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}
(I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then
(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
And Still
Back To God
Because Of You
Can’t Even Get The Blues
Cathy’s Clown
Consider Me Gone
Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Does He Love You
Every Other Weekend
Fallin’ Out Of Love
Fancy
For My Broken Heart
Forever Love
Glad I Waited Just For You
God And My Girlfriends
Going Out Like That
Have I Got A Deal For You
He Broke Your Memory Last Night
He Gets That From Me
How Blue
How Was I To Know
I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
I Don’t Think Love Oughta Be That Way
I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
I Keep On Lovin’ You
I Know How He Feels
I’d Rather Ride Around With You
I’ll Be
I’m A Survivor
I’m Gonna Take That Mountain
I’m Not That Lonely Yet
If I Were A Boy
If You See Him, If You See Her
Is There Life Out There
It’s Your Call
Just A Little Love
Just Like Them Horses
Last Night, Ev’ry Night
Let The Music Lift You Up
Little Girl
Little Rock
Love Needs A Holiday
Love Will Find Its Way to You
My Sister
New Fool At An Old Game
Oklahoma Swing
On My Own
One Honest Heart
One Promise Too Late
Only In My Mind
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Rumor Has It
Runaway Heart
She Thinks His Name Was John
Silent Night
Softly And Tenderly
Somebody
Somebody Should Leave
Somebody’s Chelsea
Starting Over Again
Strange
Sunday Kind Of Love
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Music Man
Take It Back
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Greatest Man I Never Knew
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Heart Won’t Lie
The Last One To Know
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
The Only Promise That Remains
There Ain’t No Future In This
There’s Nothing Like The Love (Between A Woman And A Man)
They Asked About You
Til Love Comes Again
Till You Love Me
Today All Over Again
Turn On The Radio
Until They Don’t Love You
Walk On
We’re So Good Together
What Am I Gonna Do About You
What Do You Say
What If
What If It’s You
When Love Gets A Hold Of You
Whoever’s In New England
Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t Have)
Why Haven’t I Heard From You
Wrong Night
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
You Lie
You’re Gonna Be
You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving

[bboat11]

Suddenly I felt myself wondering

If you might want to try it again.

And though I wanted so much to hold you,

You smiled and shook my hand.

97. "(I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then"

Album: Out Of A Dream

Year: 1980

Total: 1290
Average: 86.00
Std Dev: 13.06


toomuchboy - 52
George Strait Junkie - 66
castleoblivion26 - 79
bboat11 - 80
BackwoodsBarbie - 81
sbp17 - 86
Cody Wants Out... - 87
Kanenrá:ke - 88
.indulgecountry - 91
BlueShades874 - 95
someguy - 96
Tim - 96
dub - 97
Sean - 97
@adam1995 - 99


This elimination brings us another song from Reba's second album, making Out of a Dream the first Reba album to lose multiple songs! This is also the only song from the album that counts as an '80s single, being released in 1980, which means the '70s and '80s have now lost 2 songs apiece.

Overall this song isn't really anything special, but I am a little shocked it received enough hate to be in the bottom 5. It sounds like bottom-10 material maybe, but there are definitely worse songs that I would have preferred to see out in the bottom 5 instead.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}
(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
And Still
Back To God
Because Of You
Can’t Even Get The Blues
Cathy’s Clown
Consider Me Gone
Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Does He Love You
Every Other Weekend
Fallin’ Out Of Love
Fancy
For My Broken Heart
Forever Love
Glad I Waited Just For You
God And My Girlfriends
Going Out Like That
Have I Got A Deal For You
He Broke Your Memory Last Night
He Gets That From Me
How Blue
How Was I To Know
I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
I Don’t Think Love Oughta Be That Way
I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
I Keep On Lovin’ You
I Know How He Feels
I’d Rather Ride Around With You
I’ll Be
I’m A Survivor
I’m Gonna Take That Mountain
I’m Not That Lonely Yet
If I Were A Boy
If You See Him, If You See Her
Is There Life Out There
It’s Your Call
Just A Little Love
Just Like Them Horses
Last Night, Ev’ry Night
Let The Music Lift You Up
Little Girl
Little Rock
Love Needs A Holiday
Love Will Find Its Way to You
My Sister
New Fool At An Old Game
Oklahoma Swing
On My Own
One Honest Heart
One Promise Too Late
Only In My Mind
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Rumor Has It
Runaway Heart
She Thinks His Name Was John
Silent Night
Softly And Tenderly
Somebody
Somebody Should Leave
Somebody’s Chelsea
Starting Over Again
Strange
Sunday Kind Of Love
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Music Man
Take It Back
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Greatest Man I Never Knew
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Heart Won’t Lie
The Last One To Know
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
The Only Promise That Remains
There Ain’t No Future In This
There’s Nothing Like The Love (Between A Woman And A Man)
They Asked About You
Til Love Comes Again
Till You Love Me
Today All Over Again
Turn On The Radio
Until They Don’t Love You
Walk On
We’re So Good Together
What Am I Gonna Do About You
What Do You Say
What If
What If It’s You
When Love Gets A Hold Of You
Whoever’s In New England
Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t Have)
Why Haven’t I Heard From You
Wrong Night
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
You Lie
You’re Gonna Be
You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving

[bboat11]

There was somebody who

Took a whole lot of you,

And I guess you're not over it yet.

So if I'm just standing in for a memory, then

There ain't no future in this.

96. "There Ain't No Future In This"

Album: Behind The Scene

Year: 1983





Total: 1288
Average: 85.87
Std Dev: 9.09 (4th smallest!)


BackwoodsBarbie - 63
toomuchboy - 80
George Strait Junkie - 80
castleoblivion26 - 80
.indulgecountry - 80
Kanenrá:ke - 81
someguy - 84
bboat11 - 86
sbp17 - 89
Sean - 90
BlueShades874 - 93
Tim - 93
@adam1995 - 94
Cody Wants Out... - 96
dub - 99


This '80s take another hit with this final song of the bottom 5. This is our first song that could be said to come after Reba had her breakthrough. She had already had 2 number one hits with "Can't Even Get The Blues" and "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving", which explains why this song has a bit more of that signature sound that made Reba's '80s music so identifiable (most notably the prominent female backing vocals. Seriously, if you haven't noticed before, ALL of Reba's bigger hits from the mid-80s have that sound. It's pretty cool!)

That being said, this song is nowhere near her big hits from the '80s quality-wise, so I'm not too shocked to see it leaving pretty early. I think the lyrics to this are pretty good, and Reba's vocal performance is definitely more confident, but the melody is definitely a bit on the dull side.

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{Songs Remaining}
(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
And Still
Back To God
Because Of You
Can’t Even Get The Blues
Cathy’s Clown
Consider Me Gone
Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Does He Love You
Every Other Weekend
Fallin’ Out Of Love
Fancy
For My Broken Heart
Forever Love
Glad I Waited Just For You
God And My Girlfriends
Going Out Like That
Have I Got A Deal For You
He Broke Your Memory Last Night
He Gets That From Me
How Blue
How Was I To Know
I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
I Don’t Think Love Oughta Be That Way
I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
I Keep On Lovin’ You
I Know How He Feels
I’d Rather Ride Around With You
I’ll Be
I’m A Survivor
I’m Gonna Take That Mountain
I’m Not That Lonely Yet
If I Were A Boy
If You See Him, If You See Her
Is There Life Out There
It’s Your Call
Just A Little Love
Just Like Them Horses
Last Night, Ev’ry Night
Let The Music Lift You Up
Little Girl
Little Rock
Love Needs A Holiday
Love Will Find Its Way to You
My Sister
New Fool At An Old Game
Oklahoma Swing
On My Own
One Honest Heart
One Promise Too Late
Only In My Mind
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Rumor Has It
Runaway Heart
She Thinks His Name Was John
Silent Night
Softly And Tenderly
Somebody
Somebody Should Leave
Somebody’s Chelsea
Starting Over Again
Strange
Sunday Kind Of Love
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Music Man
Take It Back
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Greatest Man I Never Knew
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Heart Won’t Lie
The Last One To Know
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
The Only Promise That Remains
There’s Nothing Like The Love (Between A Woman And A Man)
They Asked About You
Til Love Comes Again
Till You Love Me
Today All Over Again
Turn On The Radio
Until They Don’t Love You
Walk On
We’re So Good Together
What Am I Gonna Do About You
What Do You Say
What If
What If It’s You
When Love Gets A Hold Of You
Whoever’s In New England
Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t Have)
Why Haven’t I Heard From You
Wrong Night
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
You Lie
You’re Gonna Be
You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving

[castleoblivion26]

hmm my bottom 5 isn't going quick enough lol. That being said not upset with any elimination so far

[Cody Wants Out...]

P-P-P-P-Perfect Ranking for "There Ain't No Future in This"!

[Kanenrá:ke]

No big shocks really, I'm fully prepared for all of the 70's singles, and most of the 80's to be taken out early. Still I won't say I'm not disappointed that my bottom 5 took only 1 hit lol

Also glad I helped save "That Makes Two Of Us" from being out first lol

No charts tracking the rankings?