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

[bboat11]

Now that the George Strait rankdown is finally wrapping up, it's time for me to start the next artist rankdown I have been teasing you guys about for like half a year now. She's everybody's favorite redhead, Reba McEntire!!! She is a 4x CMA Female Vocalist of the Year winner, tied with powerhouse vocalists like Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood. In fact, she is one of the biggest idols for both of those ladies. With a career spanning from the mid-'70s to the present, Reba has had the opportunity to inspire multiple generations of female vocalists. She recently passed Dolly Parton to become the most successful female country artist of all time, based on chart success, and is firmly within the top 10 country artists of all time as well.

One thing about I love about Reba the most is her ability to continually reinvent herself, while still somehow remaining true to herself. She is an expert at staying fresh and modern, fitting in with trends without ever coming across as a trend chaser. This is a very diverse list of songs, ranging from traditional country music to modern gospel, containing duets with pop mega-stars such as Kelly Clarkson and Justin Timberlake, with covers that range from Patsy Cline all the way to Beyonce. And despite the evolving nature of her catalog, pretty much all of it is AWESOME!! Reba has such a strong sense of who she is as an artist, and it really shows in her confident vocals and song selections. This has undoubtedly contributed to her long-lasting success, and helped her maintain relevancy longer than literally all of her peers.

So here they are; all 100 of her singles and guest singles!

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The Songs:


1. I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand
2. There’s Nothing Like The Love (Between A Woman And A Man)
3. Glad I Waited Just For You
4. I’ve Waited All My Life For You
5. Last Night, Ev’ry Night
6. Runaway Heart
7. That Makes Two Of Us (w/ Jacky Ward)
8. Sweet Dreams
9. (I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then
10. (You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
11. I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
12. I Don’t Think Love Ought To Be That Way
13. Today All Over Again
14. Only You (And You Alone)
15. I’m Not That Lonely Yet
16. Can’t Even Get The Blues
17. You’re The First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving
18. Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t Have)
19. There Ain’t No Future In This
20. Just A Little Love
21. He Broke Your Memory Last Night
22. How Blue
23. Somebody Should Leave
24. Have I Got A Deal For You
25. Only In My Mind
26. Whoever’s In New England
27. Little Rock
28. What Am I Gonna Do About You
29. Let The Music Lift You Up
30. One Promise Too Late
31. The Last One To Know
32. Love Will Find Its Way to You
33. Sunday Kind Of Love
34. I Know How He Feels
35. New Fool At An Old Game
36. Cathy’s Clown
37. ’Til Love Comes Again
38. Little Girl
39. Oklahoma Swing (Vince Gill ft. Reba McEntire)
40. Walk On
41. You Lie
42. Rumor Has It
43. Fancy
44. Fallin’ Out Of Love
45. For My Broken Heart
46. Is There Life Out There
47. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
48. The Greatest Man I Never Knew
49. Take It Back
50. The Heart Won’t Lie (w/ Vince Gill)
51. It’s Your Call
52. Does He Love You (w/ Linda Davis)
53. They Asked About You
54. Why Haven’t I Heard From You
55. She Thinks His Name Was John
56. Till You Love Me
57. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
58. And Still
59. On My Own (ft. Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, and Linda Davis)
60. Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
61. Starting Over Again
62. You Keep Me Hangin’ On
63. The Fear Of Being Alone
64. How Was I To Know
65. I’d Rather Ride Around With You
66. What If It’s You
67. What If
68. If You See Him, If You See Her (w/ Brooks & Dunn)
69. Forever Love
70. Wrong Night
71. One Honest Heart
72. What Do You Say
73. I’ll Be
74. We’re So Good Together
75. I’m A Survivor
76. Sweet Music Man
77. I’m Gonna Take That Mountain
78. Somebody
79. He Gets That From Me
80. My Sister
81. You’re Gonna Be
82. Love Needs A Holiday
83. Because Of You (w/ Kelly Clarkson)
84. The Only Promise That Remains (w/ Justin Timberlake)
85. Every Other Weekend (w/ Kenny Chesney)
86. Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Brooks & Dunn ft. Reba McEntire)
87. Strange
88. Consider Me Gone
89. I Keep On Lovin’ You
90. Turn On The Radio
91. If I Were A Boy
92. When Love Gets A Hold Of You
93. Somebody’s Chelsea
94. Silent Night (Kelly Clarkson ft. Trisha Yearwood & Reba McEntire)
95. Going Out Like That
96. Until They Don’t Love You
97. Just Like Them Horses
98. Softly And Tenderly (ft. Kelly Clarson and Trisha Yearwood)
99. Back To God
100. God And My Girlfriends


Here is a link to the preference revealer, if anyone wants to use it.

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I know that this rankdown will be a huge undertaking, even for those who are fans of her. Therefore, I am setting the deadline for 2 months from now, on May 4th. I want people to have plenty of time to participate if they want to :-) If you liked George Strait's rankdown, this one will be just as epic!!

Also, just saying, if you participated in the Reba McEntire Danger Zone a couple years ago, you should already be familiar with almost all of these

Anyway, I look forward to celebrating this awesome career and incredible lady with all of you! Happy listening :-)

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Song list without numbers, for the preference revealer :-)


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

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Results:

100. I've Waited All My Life For You
99. That Makes Two Of Us (ft. Jacky Ward)
98. Only You (And You Alone)
97. (I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then
96. There Ain't No Future In This
95. I Can See Forever In Your Eyes
94. (There's Nothing Like The Love) Between A Woman And A Man
93. Glad I Waited Just For You
92. I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way
91. Runaway Heart

90. He Broke Your Memory Last Night
89. Sweet Dreams
88. I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand
87. Little Girl
86. Today All Over Again
85. Just A Little Love
84. 'Til Love Comes Again
83. Last Night, Ev'ry Night
82. Have I Got A Deal For You
81. Sunday Kind Of Love

80. Silent Night (Kelly Clarkson ft. Trisha Yearwood & Reba)
79. I'm Not That lonely Yet
78. Softly And Tenderly (ft. Kelly Clarkson & Trisha Yearwood)
77. Oklahoma Swing (Vince Gill ft. Reba)
76. Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)
75. Let The Music Lift You Up
74. You Keep Me Hangin' On
73. The Only Promise That Remains (ft. Justin Timberlake)
72. God And My Girlfriends
71. If I Were A Boy

70. (You Lift Me) Up To Heaven
69. We're So Good Together
68. You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving
67. Love Needs A Holiday
66. They Asked About You
65. Sweet Music Man
64. My Sister
63. Only In My Mind
62. What If
61. Cowgirls Don't Cry (Brooks & Dunn ft. Reba)

60. Starting Over Again
59. On My Own (ft. Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, & Linda Davis)
58. Back To God
57. What Am I Gonna Do About You
56. New Fool At An Old Game
55. Turn On The Radio
54. Until They Don't Love You
53. Every Other Weekend (ft. Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing)
52. I Keep On Lovin' You
51. You're Gonna Be

50. I'm Gonna Take That Mountain
49. Somebody's Chelsea
48. Strange
47. Wrong Night
46. Somebody Should Leave
45. When Love Gets A Hold Of You
44. He Gets That From Me
43. Forever Love
42. Love Will Find Its Way To You
41. Cathy's Clown

40. What If It's You
39. Just Like Them Horses
38. The Last One To Know
37. Going Out Like That
36. How Blue
35. I Know How He Feels
34. Can't Even Get The Blues
33. One Honest Heart
32. I'm A Survivor
31. It's Your Call

30. Take It Back
29. Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
28. Walk On
27. Fallin' Out Of Love
26. Because Of You (ft. Kelly Clarkson)
25. I'll Be
24. One Promise Too Late
23. If You See Him, If You See Her (ft. Brooks & Dunn)
22. Rumor Has It
21. Somebody

20. She Thinks His Name Was John
19. How Was I To Know
18. Till You Love Me
17. Little Rock
16. Why Haven't I Heard From You
15. And Still
14. What Do You Say
13. For My Broken Heart
12. I'd Rather Ride Around With You
11. The Greatest Man I Never Knew

10. Does He Love You
09. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
08. The Heart Won't Lie
07. Fancy
06. Consider Me Gone
05. Whoever's In New England
04. The Fear Of Being Alone
03. You Lie
02. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
01. Is There Life Out There

[Cody Wants Out...]

I WAS ABOUT TO ASK WHEN YOU WERE GONNA START THIS!!!!!!!!!

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Won't be doing this.

[bboat11]

Jan 27, 2018 17:18:10 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

I WAS ABOUT TO ASK WHEN YOU WERE GONNA START THIS!!!!!!!!!

Lol I've been holding off and holding off because all these large country rankdowns have kept getting opened the last couple months! I definitely figured it was about time to start it once the George Strait one hit the top 30 or so, but I waited a couple more weeks cause of 1992 Country and Patty Loveless starting about the same time. Then the last couple days I've really wanted to start it, but then I aaaaalmost decided to keep waiting because the Trisha Yearwood one just got created as well... But then I decided, "Bish, Queen Reba needs to be a priority! Shame on me for delaying her!"

[Tim]

Only fitting that Reba would be up next...count me in!

[bigfan101]

Deciding if i can listen to this much Reba consecutively.

[bboat11]

Jan 27, 2018 17:30:13 GMT -5 bigfan101 said:

Deciding if i can listen to this much Reba consecutively.

Lol gurl you should already know like 50% of these, just by being a country fan...

[BackwoodsBarbie]

So Trisha and Reba are going to take over my playlist for the next couple of months

[codyj100]

I'm so in! I don't know why Reba never crossed my mind, but what a perfect rank down to follow the epic George Strait rankdown. 

[bboat11]

YouTube links are edited into the first post by the way, and the second post has a list of songs without numbers in case you want to use the preference revealer :-)

[toomuchboy]

I probably need to go listen to the first 7 or so before ranking them. The rest I know well-enough without even needing to, but making a list will make me want to put them on anyway.

[Cody Wants Out...]

I also had enough time on my hands to make a Spotify playlist for most of these songs:



The only ones missing are "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", "She Thinks His Name Was John", "Why Haven't I Heard From You", "What If", and "Somebody".

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Jan 27, 2018 17:30:13 GMT -5 bigfan101 said:

Deciding if i can listen to this much Reba consecutively.

It'd make anyone a better person to listen to Reba constantly. Go for it!





(Not that you're not a good person, I tried to make a joke...didn't seem to come out right when writing it, lol.)

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Anyway, CAN'T. WAIT. FOR. THIS.

[bboat11]

Jan 27, 2018 18:36:50 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

The only ones missing are "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", "She Thinks His Name Was John", "Why Haven't I Heard From You", "What If", and "Somebody".

Thanks! I appreciate it! Those are the most random songs to be missing though... Lol I know for a fact that I have listened to all of those on Spotify before except for "What If"...

Edit: The playlist says there are 99 songs on it. Are you sure those are all missing?

[castleoblivion26]

Jan 27, 2018 17:50:48 GMT -5 BackwoodsBarbie said:

So Trisha and Reba are going to take over my playlist for the next couple of months

What about Patty Loveless? Don't forget her!

Anyways I am definitely taking part in this because as much as I love her music I have never really listened to a lot of her earlier 70's and 80's stuff so this is my chance to get to know a lot of music I've missed. From the 90's on I pretty much know all of the music very well. This is gonna be really hard to rank.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Jan 27, 2018 18:50:50 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jan 27, 2018 18:36:50 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

The only ones missing are "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", "She Thinks His Name Was John", "Why Haven't I Heard From You", "What If", and "Somebody".

Thanks! I appreciate it! Those are the most random songs to be missing though... Lol I know for a fact that I have listened to all of those on Spotify before except for "What If"...

Edit: The playlist says there are 99 songs on it. Are you sure those are all missing?

I just checked Spotify and it looks like they never put "What If" on there. ever. Kinda like Shenandoah's "Rock My Baby" from my '92 RD isn't on Spotify, but some of their other songs are.

[bboat11]

Jan 27, 2018 19:03:19 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

Jan 27, 2018 18:50:50 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Thanks! I appreciate it! Those are the most random songs to be missing though... Lol I know for a fact that I have listened to all of those on Spotify before except for "What If"...

Edit: The playlist says there are 99 songs on it. Are you sure those are all missing?

I just checked Spotify and it looks like they never put "What If" on there. ever. Kinda like Shenandoah's "Rock My Baby" from my '92 RD isn't on Spotify, but some of their other songs are.

Yeah, "What If" pretty much might as well have not ever existed. It was a promotional single, but being from the mid-'90s, it was long forgotten by the time streaming and purchasing services came about.

Fortunately it is still a single by a superstar, so there are plenty of videos on YouTube and stuff :-)

[dub]

I've gotta brush up on the stuff released before I was born but I will try to make it!

[zaclord 🌈]

I’m in!

[BackwoodsBarbie]

Jan 27, 2018 19:01:59 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

Jan 27, 2018 17:50:48 GMT -5 BackwoodsBarbie said:

So Trisha and Reba are going to take over my playlist for the next couple of months

What about Patty Loveless? Don't forget her!

I'll try to send my list for Patty Loveless rankdown as well

[someguy]

I'm definitely doing this! My top 5 Reba songs is pretty much set in stone, but the rest change all of the time. This will be a case of even liking the #100 song in a rankdown, lol.

[Troublemaker]

Jan 27, 2018 19:01:59 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

Jan 27, 2018 17:50:48 GMT -5 BackwoodsBarbie said:

So Trisha and Reba are going to take over my playlist for the next couple of months

What about Patty Loveless? Don't forget her!

What a time to be alive!

[Tim]

I’m 51 songs into this and...

[bboat11]

Jan 29, 2018 6:31:18 GMT -5 Tim said:

I’m 51 songs into this and...

Lol hopefully that is a good thing...

What I have found is that Reba is just as hard to rank as George, but in a different way. George was hard to rank because he started swinging hard right out of the gate, and literally never let up in quality, and it is practically impossible to pick out differences in quality even between different decades.

Reba is hard to rank because her material seemed to get better and better through the years! Most of her '70s and early '80s material is poorly produced and forgettable to me, but then you can literally feel her blossoming into one of the biggest superstars of all time while you are listening through the list. And once that shift happens, every song seems to get more and more iconic... So if you are listening to the list chronologically, it creates a very odd dilemma where you find yourself placing every new song towards the top of the list, but then watching other amazing songs get shoved further down. At least that was my experience while listening to this!

[Cody Wants Out...]

I always listen to my playlists on shuffle. I wanna be surprised...well, most of the time, that is.

[Kanenrá:ke]

I feel so bad I'm working on my list atm and the early singles I actually like, but there so weak compared to everything from her MCA years that they're just going to get slaughtered.

[Tim]

Jan 29, 2018 15:23:22 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jan 29, 2018 6:31:18 GMT -5 Tim said:

I’m 51 songs into this and...

Lol hopefully that is a good thing...

What I have found is that Reba is just as hard to rank as George, but in a different way. George was hard to rank because he started swinging hard right out of the gate, and literally never let up in quality, and it is practically impossible to pick out differences in quality even between different decades.

Reba is hard to rank because her material seemed to get better and better through the years! Most of her '70s and early '80s material is poorly produced and forgettable to me, but then you can literally feel her blossoming into one of the biggest superstars of all time while you are listening through the list. And once that shift happens, every song seems to get more and more iconic... So if you are listening to the list chronologically, it creates a very odd dilemma where you find yourself placing every new song towards the top of the list, but then watching other amazing songs get shoved further down. At least that was my experience while listening to this!

Yes it's a good thing! I just happened to get more stressed out as I progressed from #40 to #51 (the reason for the gif lol). I'm now at 79+ songs and yes doing this chronologically creates a lot of dilemmas...but I think that is the best way to tackle this one.

btw...how are you handling album tracks? I wasn't going to rank them this time like I did for the George Strait rankdown but rather send them chronologically (much like you did them for his).