2018 Country Rankdown (Finished)

[raylatch98]

1. What will be #1?

Even though Leo is here, I think "She Ain't In It" could win. I think it's possible.

2. What will be #115?
"Hooked", "All Day Long"

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Bottom 10?
"Slow Burn", "Butterflies", "She Ain't In It", "A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega", "Criminal", "Mercy", "Cry Pretty", "Space Cowboy", "Babe" and "She Got The Best of Me" will be Top 10.

Bottom 10 will be "Hooked", "All Day Long", "Up Down", "Hangin On", "Meant to Be", "Good Girl", "The Difference", "Caught Up In The Country", "Wake Me Up" and "Take It From Me".

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?

Most Polarizing will be "Rich". Least Polarizing will be "A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega".

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better?! (Tenille Arts "I Hate This", Tenille Townes "Somebody's Daughter")

Tenille Arts. I think she will make Top 70 while Tenille Townes makes Top 100.

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish?

No way. "Summer Fever" probably will make the upper half at best.

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? Lowest? ("High Horse", "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", "Butterflies")

Highest "Space Cowboy", lowest "High Horse".

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? ("Tequila", "Speechless")

"Tequila"

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? ("Take You Home", "One More Red Light")

"Take You Home"

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? ("All The Love You Left Me", "Long Way Down")

"Long Way Down"

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song finish? ("God And My Girlfriends")

Top 50.

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks?

"Mercy"

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks?

"Hooked"

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? ("Drunk Girl", "Drunk Me")

"Drunk Girl"

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?

Gave Michael Ray a better ranking than he deserves.

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process?

8

17. Any other thoughts/predictions?
I hope Runaway June does very well. I think that the winner will be unexpected. I finally hope that 1 of my Top 10 makes the Top 10 itself but I doubt it.

[bigfan101]

Feb 9, 2019 22:40:47 GMT -5 zaclord 🌈 said:

Wait no let @crapkuki23 submit his list...

Hell no. Don’t let that happen.

[LBTrocks]

Feb 9, 2019 22:52:52 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?

Gave Michael Ray a better ranking than he deserves.

No.

I did give Russell Dickerson an appropriate ranking, though. 

[raylatch98]

Feb 9, 2019 22:59:43 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Feb 9, 2019 22:52:52 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?

Gave Michael Ray a better ranking than he deserves.

No.

I did give Russell Dickerson an appropriate ranking, though. 

Nah, I think my ranking of Michael Ray is an appropriate ranking.

[LBTrocks]

Feb 9, 2019 23:04:01 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Feb 9, 2019 22:59:43 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

No.

I did give Russell Dickerson an appropriate ranking, though. 

Nah, I think my ranking of Michael Ray is an appropriate ranking.

[raylatch98]

Oh shit. I just realized "Meant to Be" didn't even make my bottom 30. Man this year was lackluster for me. A lot of the songs that are in my very top are among my favorite songs of all time. But the bottom of my list are songs that I just hate so much.

[Naos]

I suppose I'll just give small comments on each song as it goes, and maybe a general ranking.

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Feb 9, 2019 22:59:17 GMT -5 bigfan101 said:

Feb 9, 2019 22:40:47 GMT -5 zaclord 🌈 said:

Wait no let @crapkuki23 submit his list...

Hell no. Don’t let that happen.

I had like 60 more songs to hear, and TBH, I kinda don’t won’t to. But at least I tried.

Let me guess: are you mad at the Kacey love, or the Bebe hate?

[LBTrocks]

I dislike/hate most of my songs from 71 on down.

I don't really start liking stuff until I reach my top 50.

It actually isn't until the top 30 that you get into stuff that I start loving, especially enough to actively listen to.

So yeah. Not a good year at all, but also not as bad as I was initially expecting when I read the list lol.

[Darkest Hour]

Feb 9, 2019 23:15:59 GMT -5 @crapkuki23 said:

But at least I tried.

Let me guess: are you mad at the Kacey love, or the Bebe hate?

You just have to see his replies in this thread to know the answer...

[Darkest Hour]

1. What will be #1?
Space Cowboy

2. What will be #115?
Caught Up In The Country

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Bottom 10?
Top 10: She Ain't In It, A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega, Space Cowboy, Slow Burn, High Horse, Dear Hate, Cry Pretty, Shoot Me Straight, She Got the Best of Me, Criminal
Bottom 10: Hooked, Up Down, Hangin' On, Take Back Home Girl, Comin' Home, Good Girl, Caught Up In The Country, All Day Long, Back To Us, Female

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?
Most: Drunk Girl
Least: A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better?! (Tenille Arts "I Hate This", Tenille Townes "Somebody's Daughter")
I Hate This.

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish?
Hell no. Bottom 40 I think.

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? Lowest? ("High Horse", "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", "Butterflies")
Space Cowboy ; Butterflies

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? ("Tequila", "Speechless")
Tequila

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? ("Take You Home", "One More Red Light")
Take You Home

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? ("All The Love You Left Me", "Long Way Down")
Long Way Down

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song finish? ("God And My Girlfriends"
Meh song. 50~60.

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks?
Space Cowboy I hope.

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks?
Caught Up In The Country

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? ("Drunk Girl", "Drunk Me")
Drunk Girl is a lot better than Drunk Me.

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?
Maybe his #1 will be the first to be eliminated.

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process?
Three.

17. Any other thoughts/predictions?
Drowns The Whiskey will be the highest collab song.
The first female artist that will be eliminated completely will be a newcomer.

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So now I know, and all I have to say is, even if I was too lazy to finish this, Kacey better own this RD. 

[castleoblivion26]

1. What will be #1?

"Mercy" maybe. I think Kacey will have a hard time being #1 but if she does make it I think it would be with "Butterflies" or "Slow Burn". I could also see "Babe" being #1

2. What will be #115?

"Up Down" or "Caught Up In The Country"

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Bottom 10?

Top 10: "Mercy", "Butterflies", "Slow Burn", "Tequila", "Babe", "Burning Man", "Long Way Down", "Drowns the Whiskey", "Most People Are Good", "and "Life Changes". Maybe "Slow Burn".

Bottom 10: "Up Down", "Caught Up In The Country", "Turnin' Me On", "Wake Me Up", "Somebody's Daughter", "Coming Home", "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset", "Female", "Hooked", and "Meant to Be"

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?

no idea

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better?! (Tenille Arts "I Hate This", Tenille Townes "Somebody's Daughter")

"I Hate This" will do better easily.

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish?

"Summer Fever" will come nowhere close to the top half of this rankdown. Am thinking the highest it will make it is the 70's

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? Lowest? ("High Horse", "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", "Butterflies")

Highest: "Slow Burn" or "Butterflies"

Lowest: "Space Cowboy"

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? ("Tequila", "Speechless")

"Tequila" easily. "Speechless" is annoying

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? ("Take You Home", "One More Red Light")

"Take You Home" easily. "One More Red Light" is not good unfortunately.

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? ("All The Love You Left Me", "Long Way Down")

"Long Way Down" easily

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song finish? ("God And My Girlfriends")

doubtful that it makes it to the Top 50 honestly. I'm thinking 70's or high 60's.

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks?

between "Babe", "Rich", "Mercy", and "Slow Burn"

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks?

"Meant to Be"

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? ("Drunk Girl", "Drunk Me")

 "Drunk Girl" though I think it will be close.

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?

lol no idea

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process?

I'm gonna guess about 5 different songs held the #1 position throughout

17. Any other thoughts/predictions?

I'm gonna get some flack for some of my rankings...

[.indulgecountry]

1. What will be #1? Gonna guess "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega."

2. What will be #115? I'm not confident in this, but I hope it's "All Day Long."

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Bottom 10?
Top 10: Multiple Kacey songs, "Dahlonega," "Babe," "Wild West," and "Mercy."
Bottom 10: Garth Brooks, "Caught Up in the Country," "Get Down South," at least one if not both Keith Urban songs.

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?
Most: Get Along, Desperate Man, Drunk Girl, Break Up in the End
Least: Dahlonega, Mercy, Wild West, Space Cowboy

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better?! (Tenille Arts "I Hate This", Tenille Townes "Somebody's Daughter")

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish? Not a chance in hell, lol. I'll guess it comes out closer to the middle, around the 60s or so.

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? Lowest? ("High Horse", "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", "Butterflies") Highest: Space Cowboy // Lowest: Slow Burn

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? ("Tequila", "Speechless")

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? ("Take You Home", "One More Red Light")

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? ("All The Love You Left Me", "Long Way Down")

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song finish? ("God And My Girlfriends") Gonna predict she falls somewhere in the 60s range.

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks? Something by Kacey Musgraves probably, lol.

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks? "All Day Long"

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? ("Drunk Girl", "Drunk Me")

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process? Random guess: 6 songs

[SHOOTER]

1. What will be #1?

I have no idea! Pretty sure it won’t be my #1. Lol how about Babe? I wouldn’t be mad at that. Or one of the Kacey songs but probably not.

2. What will be #115?

Barf Brooks, plz and thx!

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Bottom 10?

ALL of mine. But I’ll say... Babe. Slow Burn or Space Cowboy. One Number Away. Rich. Shoot Me Straight. Burning Man. Tequila. For the First Time (shaming everyone who does the one black guy in this whole thing dirty!)

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?

Idk! Rich seems like it’ll have a high SD! Least polarizing? Queen Bebe.

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better?! (Tenille Arts "I Hate This", Tenille Townes "Somebody's Daughter")

Prolly Tenille Arts *yawn* but I’m all the way here for Tenille Townes going the distance! She’s in my top-40 and I regret nothing!

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish?

Hellllll no. I’ll be satisfied if it makes the top-half; issa jam!

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? Lowest? ("High Horse", "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", "Butterflies")

Highest should be Slow Burn but it’ll be Space Cowboy most likely. Butterflies lowest.

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? ("Tequila", "Speechless")

Tequila AS IT SHOULD!!

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? ("Take You Home", "One More Red Light")

OMRL hopefully!

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? ("All The Love You Left Me", "Long Way Down")

LWD!

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song finish? ("God And My Girlfriends")

63! :kii:

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks?

Idk!

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks?

Barf or that other Caught Up in the Country song cuz it was so bad. Or Queen Bebe.

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? ("Drunk Girl", "Drunk Me")

They both suck but I’ll say Girl.

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?

Tried in vain to get Michael Ray into the top-10.

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process?

8!

17. Any other thoughts/predictions?

I just hope my top-10 doesn’t get obliterated too soon! And I really really hope people are kind to my #4!

[tim]

1. What will be #1? “Space Cowboy”

2. What will be #115? “Take Back Home Girl” or “Champagne”

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega”, “Diane”, “She Got the Best of Me”, “Drowns the Whiskey”, “Tequila”, “Babe”, “This Is It”, “Mercy”, “She Ain’t In It” / Bottom 10? “Caught Up in the Country”, “Hooked”, “What Whiskey Does”, “Good Girl”, “Up Down”, “Take It From Me”, “Heaven South”, “Tailgate”, and “Downtowns Dead”

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? “Desperate Man”, “Burn Out,” “Cry Pretty”, “Speechless” Least polarizing? “Drowns the Whiskey” and “Space Cowboy”

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better? “Somebody's Daughter"

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish? No...bottom ten or twenty is all that this deserves.

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? “Space Cowboy” Lowest? “High Horse” but preferably “Butterflies”

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? “Tequila"

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? "One More Red Light”

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? "All The Love You Left Me"

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song "God And My Girlfriends” finish? Top 60

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks? “Diane”

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks? “Hooked”

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? “Drunk Girl"

15. What did LBTrocks do this time? He flipped a Michael Ray song to #1

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process? Three

17. Any other thoughts/predictions? I wasn’t expecting 2018 to be such an underwhelming year...and yet it was just quite horrid.

[austin]

The Sara question is funny to me...one of those songs is easily up for contending as the best song in this entire list and the other is a bottom 5 of her whole career lol.

[bboat11]

Feb 10, 2019 9:53:25 GMT -5 austin said:

The Sara question is funny to me...one of those songs is easily up for contending as the best song in this entire list and the other is a bottom 5 of her whole career lol.

They're both 10/10 songs for me...

[House Lannister]

1. What will be #1? If previous rankdown experiences have been any indication, put your money on a song that is well liked and whose tankers are few. So I'll go with This is It by Scotty McCreery.

2. What will be #115? If the rock rankdowns are any indication, a song at the bottom will probably be considered a travesty to country ears. So, Meant to Be by FGL w Bebe Rexha.

3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Bottom 10?
Top: Rich, This is It, High Horse, A Dive Bar in Dahalonga, Mercy, Tequila, Sixteen
Bottom: Up Down, Downtown's Dead, the Rodney Atkins number, Good Girl, Take Back Home Girl

4. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?
Most polarizing: Drunk Girl, Space Cowboy, All Night Long
Least Polarizing: Good Girl, Mercy, the Luke Combs songs

5. Which of the two nobody-Tenilles will do better?! (Tenille Arts "I Hate This", Tenille Townes "Somebody's Daughter")
Tenille Townes will do a bit better, mainly to having the better song.

6. Little Big Town won the 2017 rankdown with a decisive, runaway victory thanks to "Better Man". Does their song this year ("Summer Fever") also have a chance of winning? If not, where will it finish?
Not a chance in hell. I think it'll finish in the 50s.

7. Which Kacey Musgraves song will finish highest? Lowest? ("High Horse", "Slow Burn", "Space Cowboy", "Butterflies")
Highest: High Horse by a neck. Lowest: Butterflies

8. Which Dan + Shay song will finish higher? ("Tequila", "Speechless")
Tequila. Both will do fairly well despite their tankers.

9. Which Cassadee Pope song will finish higher? ("Take You Home", "One More Red Light")
Take You Home. Not really sure, though.

10. Which Sara Evans song will finish higher? ("All The Love You Left Me", "Long Way Down")
Long Way Down was the more fun of the two, so probably that one.

11. Reba McEntire is the oldest artist on this list! Where will her song finish? ("God And My Girlfriends")
I'd be willing to bet this ends up in the top 40!

12. Which song will have the most #1 ranks?
High Horse

13. Which song will have the most #115 ranks?
Downtown's Dead

14. Which "Drunk" song will do better? ("Drunk Girl", "Drunk Me")
This will be controversial, but I think Drunk Girl will win out barely. I think its high rankers will save it over Drunk Me, whose thread was more about another song of his that ended up in his EP but not his official album.

15. What did LBTrocks do this time?
What didn't he do?
1. He tanked Reba and Dan + Shay.
2. He probably has the Rodney Atkins song in his top 20.
3. Straight to Hell is his number 1.

16. How many different songs occupied the #1 position throughout the submission process?
Based on the buckle your seatbelts line, I'm guessing we've had at least 6 number ones?

17. Any other thoughts/predictions?
Chaos and some sharp reactions when some favorites end up in way lower positions than we want/expect.

[raylatch98]

It is kind of odd to see people so down on "Up Down" initially because that song is such a guilty pleasure and I thought it had a decent amount of love.

I will say 1 good thing about this year. There's no definitive bottom ranking song which definitely should bode well for this rankdown.

[bboat11]

I am caught up in some traffic right now; my dad and I went to visit some family today, and Washington State is being pounded by snow again. But results will be beginning in about 1 hour when I get home!!!!!!

GET HYPED!!!!!!!

[raylatch98]

Feb 10, 2019 23:38:07 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

I am caught up in some traffic right now; my dad and I went to visit some family today, and Washington State is being pounded by snow again. But results will be beginning in about 1 hour when I get home!!!!!!

GET HYPED!!!!!!!

I live in Michigan and I am already tired typing posts. I'm going to bed.

[LBTrocks]

Well I'm wide awake and probably still will be by the time bboat11 starts revealing lol, I'm excited to see what the bottom 5 consists of!

[bboat11]

Is anybody here to see the start of this thing?! I'm so excited to begin! You can feel it in the air... ;)

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[LBTrocks]

Hi.

[bboat11]

Looks like Flops and I are going to be just doing our thing!

[bboat11]

The rest of y'all can get caught up in the morning!

[bboat11]

Let's get this to a new page though...

[bboat11]

LBTrocks, post once after this one, and then #115 will kick off the new page!!

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Best Shot, Drunk Me, Break Up In The End, Blue Tacoma, and Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset would have been in my top 5 in terms of the songs that I have heard or known.