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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 3, 2019 12:09:42 GMT -5
1) What will be #1? "Independence Day"
2) What will be #125? "She Dreams"
3) What do you think are potential top five contenders? Top ten? Top 20? Top 40? Top 10 contenders: Independence Day, Wild One, You Will, If I Could Make a Living, Spilled Perfume, He Thinks He'll Keep Her, She's Not the Cheatin' Kind, XXXs and OOOs (An American Girl).
4) What do you think are potential bottom five contenders? Bottom ten? Bottom 20? Bottom 40? Bottom 10 contenders: Baby Likes to Rock It, She Dreams, Rock My World (Little Country Girl), We Just Disagree, I'm Holding My Own, Third Rate Romance, and at least a song or two by Garth or Vince may be in danger.
5) Where will the #1 song of the year end up at (John Michael Montgomery's "I Swear")? Gonna guess somewhere around #70.
6) What will be the most polarizing song of the rankdown? Least polarizing? Most: "Watermelon Crawl" | Least: "Independence Day"
7) What non-top 20 single will be eliminated first? Last?
8) What #1 hit will be eliminated first? Last? idk where all these peaked off the top of my head so gonna have to skip
9) What artist with multiple songs will be completely eliminated first? Boy Howdy
10) What song on the year-end chart will be eliminated first? Last? what does this mean? like just out of the songs w/ the extras removed? meh
11) "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" or "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"? "Cheatin' Kind" will be higher.
12) "There Goes My Heart", "Piece of My Heart", or "Words By Heart"? "Piece of My Heart" will be highest.
13) Any favorite discoveries? "Hangin' In" by Tanya Tucker is probably my highest ranked song that I don't know that I'd heard previously.
14) What did you think of 1994 overall in country music (also including songs not featured in this rankdown)? How stacked was this song list (or was it)? About 2/3 of this list was great and the other 1/3 was mediocre/forgettable to awful. Everything I put from the 90s down are songs I didn't really care for.
15) Any other thoughts/predictions/comments? Excited to see how this goes!
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Post by tim on Jul 3, 2019 19:14:48 GMT -5
1) What will be #1? “Independence Day” is likely the top contender 2) What will be #125? I agree with .indulgecountry that "She Dreams" will be somewhere near the bottom and maybe also something like "More Love" 3) What do you think are potential top five contenders? Top ten? Top 20? Top 40? I think the females will dominate with "Independence Day", "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye", "He Thinks He'll Keep Her", "Wild One", "I Try to Think About Elvis", "Hey Cinderella", and "XXX's and OOO's" performing well; for the males I think "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind", "If I Could Make A Living", "Livin' On Love", "I See It Now", "Callin' Baton Rouge", and "Standing Outside the Fire" doing well 4) What do you think are potential bottom five contenders? Bottom ten? Bottom 20? Bottom 40? "She Dreams" and "Baby Likes to Rock It" are two songs that standout as being near the bottom...others might include "Lovebug", "Addicted to a Dollar", "More Love", "My Second Home", "If Bubba Can Dance" and "Hard to Say" 5) Where will the #1 song of the year end up at (John Michael Montgomery's "I Swear")? I think this song might suffer a bit from listener fatigue as it’s one of JMM’s most played songs on country radio...I still think it'll manage to be in the top 40 6) What will be the most polarizing song of the rankdown? "Watermelon Crawl" is bound to be somewhat polarizing along with the Boy Howdy songs Least polarizing? "Independence Day", "Wild One", "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" 7) What non-top 20 single will be eliminated first? Last? I'd have to look up this data because I don't know what songs missed the top 20...I do know "Take It Easy" missed but I can see that making the top half 8) What #1 hit will be eliminated first and last?First: I think Shenandoah’s “If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)” will leave first followed by Tracy Lawrence’s “If the Good Die Young” Last: Brooks & Dunn’s “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind” 9) What artist with multiple songs will be completely eliminated first? I don't see Doug Stone performing well but "I Never Knew Love" might exceed my expectations...Tanya Tucker also usually underperforms in the YE rankdowns and I'd also add Sammy Kershaw to the list of artists with multiple songs leaving early 10) What song on the year-end chart will be eliminated first? Last? Umm... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 11) "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" or "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"? I have little doubt that “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind” will come out ahead and might be a top 10 contender considering it was top 2 in the Brooks & Dunn singles rankdown...that said I’ve long been a fan of Confederate Railroad and this song but I’m keeping my expectations low and think it’ll come somewhere in the top 60-70 range. 12) "There Goes My Heart", "Piece of My Heart", or "Words By Heart"? I’d give the edge to Faith but I remember “Piece of My Heart” not performing as well as I would’ve thought in her singles rankdown so Billy Ray might end up coming out ahead of her for all I know. I don’t think many on Pulse are fans of The Mavericks material so I can’t see “There Goes My Heart” escaping the bottom 20. 13) Any favorite discoveries? I grew up with all of these songs on country radio and to this day you can still hear a lot of these hits still being played today, but it was fun going back to listen to some of the songs I enjoyed back in the day such as the previously mentioned “Words By Heart” and the more obscure ones such as “Jukebox Junkie”, “Honky Tonk Crowd”, and “”Baby Likes to Rock It” which if there was such a thing as a song going viral back in 1994 that would’ve been one of them. 14) What did you think of 1994 overall in country music? How stacked was this song list (or was it)? There's nothing 90's country music and the year 1994 is another example of why it was so great as so many of these songs can still be heard on radio today 15) Any other thoughts/predictions/comments? I'm just ready to get this started considering I sent my list back in January
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 3, 2019 21:04:27 GMT -5
Unfortunately I stirred up some confusion with a few of these prediction questions. Sorry guys! :( In other news, I received a very last minute list from BackwoodsBarbie, and boy did it shake things up! (again) 1) What will be #1? 2) What will be #125? 3) What do you think are potential top five contenders? Top ten? Top 20? Top 40? 4) What do you think are potential bottom five contenders? Bottom ten? Bottom 20? Bottom 40? 5) Where will the #1 song of the year end up at (John Michael Montgomery's "I Swear")? 6) What will be the most polarizing song of the rankdown? Least polarizing? 7) What non-top 20 single will be eliminated first? Last? 8) What #1 hit will be eliminated first? Last? 9) What artist with multiple songs will be completely eliminated first? 10) What song on the year-end chart will be eliminated first? Last? 11) "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" or "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"? 12) "There Goes My Heart", "Piece of My Heart", or "Words By Heart"? 13) Any favorite discoveries? 14) What did you think of 1994 overall in country music (also including songs not featured in this rankdown)? How stacked was this song list (or was it)? 15) Any other thoughts/predictions/comments? {#1 Country Hits of 1994} American Honky-Tonk Bar Association I Don't Call Him Daddy Wild One Live Until I Die I Swear I Just Wanted You to Know Tryin' to Get Over You No Doubt About It My Love If the Good Die Young Piece of My Heart A Good Run of Bad Luck If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) Your Love Amazes Me Don't Take the Girl That Ain't No Way to Go Wink Foolish Pride Summertime Blues Be My Baby Tonight Dreaming With My Eyes Open Whisper My Name XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) Third Rock from the Sun Who's That Man She's Not the Cheatin' Kind Livin' on Love Shut Up and Kiss Me If I Could Make a Living The Big One If You've Got Love {Non-Top 20 Country Hits from 1994} What a Crying Shame Honky Tonk Crowd Give Me a Ring Sometime Take It Easy Just Once Heart Trouble {Top 75 Country Songs of 1994 (from Year-End Chart)} John Michael Montgomery - I Swear Neal McCoy - Wink Joe Diffie - Third Rock from the Sun Clay Walker - Dreaming with My Eyes Open Tim McGraw - Down on the Farm Trisha Yearwood - XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) Alan Jackson - Summertime Blues Vince Gill - What the Cowgirls Do Diamond Rio - Love a Little Stronger Travis Tritt - Foolish Pride Brooks & Dunn - That Ain't No Way to Go Vince Gill - Whenever You Come Around Blackhawk - Every Once in a While Collin Raye - Little Rock Neal McCoy - No Doubt About It Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks He'll Keep Her Brooks & Dunn - Rock My World (Little Country Girl) Mark Chesnutt - I Just Wanted You to Know Clint Black - State of Mind Clint Black - A Good Run of Bad Luck Kathy Mattea - Walking Away a Winner Faith Hill - Piece of My Heart Little Texas - My Love Randy Travis - Whisper My Name John Anderson - I've Got it Made Toby Keith - Wish I Didn't Know Now Boy Howdy - They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore John Michael Montgomery - Be My Baby Tonight Patty Loveless - I Try to Think About Elvis Tim McGraw - Don't Take the Girl Vince Gill - Tryin' to Get Over You Tracy Lawrence - If the Good Die Young Sammy Kershaw - National Working Woman's Holiday Toby Keith - Who's That Man Shenandoah - If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) Pam Tillis - Spilled Perfume Randy Travis - Before You Kill Us All Toby Keith - A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action Wynonna Judd - Rock Bottom Lee Roy Parnell - I'm Holding My Own John Berry - Your Love Amazes Me Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Take My Chances Reba McEntire - Why Haven't I Heard From You Clay Walker - Live Until I Die John Michael Montgomery - Rope the Moon Tanya Tucker - Hangin' In Joe Diffie - John Deere Green Patty Loveless - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye George Strait - The Man in Love with You Sammy Kershaw - I Can't Reach Her Anymore Pam Tillis - When You Walk in the Room Tracy Byrd - Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous Neal McCoy - The City Put the Country Back in Me Mark Chesnutt - She Dreams Doug Stone - Addicted to a Dollar Clint Black - Half the Man George Strait - I'd Like to Have That One Back Garth Brooks - Callin' Baton Rouge Rick Trevino - She Can't Say I Didn't Cry Boy Howdy - She'd Give Anything Brooks & Dunn - She's Not the Cheatin' Kind Collin Raye - That's My Story Garth Brooks - Standing Outside the Fire John Anderson - I Wish I Could've Been There John Berry - What's In It for Me Suzy Bogguss - Hey Cinderella Sawyer Brown - Hard to Say Alan Jackson - (Who Says) You Can't Have It All Martina McBride - Life #9 Patty Loveless - You Will David Ball - Thinkin' Problem Alabama - T.L.C. A.S.A.P. Doug Stone - More Love Faith Hill - Wild One Tracy Byrd - Watermelon Crawl
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 4, 2019 15:59:49 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 4, 2019 16:15:53 GMT -5
Can't wait for reveals tomorrow!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 17:39:12 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 5, 2019 18:28:56 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 18:41:24 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 18:52:39 GMT -5
This was bound to have the lowest SD of perhaps any year-end rankdown (around 7.4 or something like that) until LBTrocks's near top 5 added a lot more to it! Despite his very brave efforts, DLM was gonna be last place with or without that ranking anyways. I almost considered this song below instead (peaking ten spots higher than "Just Once" did on radio and appeared on the same soundtrack) but after recent underperformance in past rankdowns, I figured y'all would deserve a break from this trio, but I guess I was wrong?
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 5, 2019 19:15:29 GMT -5
& buried at LBTrocks ranking for this one.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 19:18:07 GMT -5
& buried at LBTrocks ranking for this one. I actually asked him to be sure I read that right, since he's normally not a fan of DLM. The next reveals should make more sense, though. btw, I do have plenty of clues for this rankdown; they'll be coming up shortly. The fireworks gif wasn't one of them though; I simply love fireworks!
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 5, 2019 19:19:25 GMT -5
& buried at LBTrocks ranking for this one. It's amazing, quintessential 90s sound. Don't get the hate.
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 5, 2019 19:20:24 GMT -5
You all are crazy lol. Only on Pulse, I swear.
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 5, 2019 19:21:02 GMT -5
There's some garbage in this RD for sure that needed to be out wayyyyyyy before this!
Like I knew it wouldn't make it far but LAST place? Get out. All y'all.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 19:42:10 GMT -5
There's some garbage in this RD for sure that needed to be out wayyyyyyy before this! Like I knew it wouldn't make it far but LAST place? Get out. All y'all. If only I could say it gets better for you... But look on the bright side, here someone else shares your pain as well!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 5, 2019 19:42:53 GMT -5
There's some garbage in this RD for sure that needed to be out wayyyyyyy before this! Like I knew it wouldn't make it far but LAST place? Get out. All y'all. I typically like David Lee Murphy but have never really gotten into this song so I agree with it being at the bottom. Eta: Alabama should not be out this early. I love this song. Disappointed in all of you
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 19:54:44 GMT -5
Holy crap! We already lose a top ten hit in the bottom five! What in the world is happening?!? :O Unfortunately, "TLC ASAP" was destined to essentially fail here despite two top 40s from LBTrocks and castleoblivion26. I honestly don't think this is half bad, but I can see it being cheesy and whatnot for others.
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 5, 2019 20:08:18 GMT -5
Alabama gets done so dirty so often around these parts... it's a shame.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 20:38:06 GMT -5
Does this look any better?
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 5, 2019 20:39:16 GMT -5
Finally a bad song is out.
That song is bad. The end.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 20:47:25 GMT -5
Up next is the first top five radio hit to be eliminated that's among the least polarizing songs in this rankdown.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 21:06:55 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 21:26:50 GMT -5
Clue for the song that rounds out the bottom five:
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Post by ClevelandRox on Jul 5, 2019 21:28:03 GMT -5
Clint Black was one of those that I really didn't want to tank, but yeah I only really enjoy one of his offerings from this year. edit: Another Clint, Untanglin' My Mind?
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 22:00:09 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 5, 2019 22:18:41 GMT -5
We've made it through the bottom five guys!
A sneak preview of the next five songs coming up:
- I score my first perfect ranking!
- The first song with multiple top tens will be leaving, along with someone's first top five! :O
- We'll completely eliminate an artist soon, and another group will lose their first song!
- Someone's first near top ten pushes a song into the top 40, but further lists kept pushing it lower and lower into the bottom ten with very little room for rebounding. :(
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Post by tim on Jul 6, 2019 12:55:09 GMT -5
I remember “Just Once” quite fondly as I used to spin the 8 Seconds soundtrack quite a bit back when the movie was out (I was also in love with Luke Perry at the time ) and I wouldn’t have guessed this song would come in last place. While this was never a big hit for David Lee Murphy the movie did help to get him more name recognition and would go on to have bigger hits after this one. “T.L.C.A.S.A.P.” was a song that I remember hearing a lot back during its release but Alabama has better songs amongst the rest of their hits so not all that surprised to see this out so soon. I think this was also out pretty early in their singles rankdown as well and was a rather polarizing song then. I enjoy most of Doug Stone’s output but “More Love” is not one of them. This song is so boring and dull that I instantly knew it would be somewhere in my bottom 5 so I’m glad it’s out already. The same goes for Clint Black’s “Half the Man” as this isn’t really a song many people would even remember him releasing. That said, Clint still had quite a bit of momentum at this point in his career so it was good enough to land him another Top 5 hit on the country charts. I have to think that Doug Stone will be the first artist out with multiple songs because he always seems to be polarizing here on Pulse and while I wouldn’t mind seeing “Addicted to a Dollar” out already I’ll be disappointed to see “I Never Knew Love” out this soon. I also have to wonder if I’ll be losing a top 5 song because I have a feeling not everyone enjoys the song as much as I do.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jul 6, 2019 13:00:07 GMT -5
Hmm never would've had "Just Once" as the bottom song that's unexpected. I didn't think it'd do well or anything but it never crossed my mind for last.
Neal and Doug I never expect to get far either and their songs are more boring than bad.
Clint's song I never cared for, while Alabama's is horrible imo.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 6, 2019 14:36:58 GMT -5
So far so good imo. All 5 of these are meh/unremarkable. Seeing Alabama lose a song that early kinda surprised me, but I'm hoping that means their other song won't be long for this rankdown either as I think it is far worse than this one.
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Post by tim on Jul 6, 2019 14:47:48 GMT -5
So far so good imo. All 5 of these are meh/unremarkable. Seeing Alabama lose a song that early kinda surprised me, but I'm hoping that means their other song won't be long for this rankdown either as I think it is far worse than this one. I totally overlooked Alabama as being the first artist out, but now that you mention "The Cheap Seats" I could actually see that leaving soon. That also reminds me that their Top 10 hit "We Can't Love Like This Anymore" was amongst some of the songs from '94 to be left out (not that it would’ve done well anyways).
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