1994 Country Rankdown (Complete?)

[kw9461]

I've never been a huge Billy Dean fan, but "We Just Disagree" is excellent - far and away his best song IMO. I'm kind of surprised it's out already. It's always reminded me a great deal of Radney Foster's "Nobody Wins", which did quite well in the '93 rankdown, so I was hoping Billy would do well here.

We've lost some really good songs lately, but given the strength of what remains, I guess no real shockers.

[Cody Wants Out...]

67. Toby Keith - A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 2
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 25
Billboard Hot Country Songs of 1994: 38



Total Points: 1040
Average: 65
Standard Deviation: 34.27146529

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LBTrocks - 4
Cody Wants Out... - 18
ClevelandRox - 35
bboat11 - 36
someguy - 41
castleoblivion26 - 44
gardyfan - 46
sabre14 - 54
George Strait Junkie - 83
BackwoodsBarbie - 86
kw9461 - 88
.indulgecountry - 89
toomuchboy - 91
tim - 95
CoJoFan - 114
Kanenrá:ke - 116

[LBTrocks]

One of Toby’s best songs. Don’t get the distaste for him here.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Yoo-hoo LBTrocks! You've lost your first top five! :kii:

Meanwhile, we see another hit to my top 20 and two bottom 20 ranks held Toby's first song to leave the rankdown back from potentially making the top half.

[LBTrocks]

Aug 5, 2019 18:32:27 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

Yoo-hoo LBTrocks! You've lost your first top five! :kii:

Meanwhile, we see another hit to my top 20 and two bottom 20 ranks held Toby's first song to leave the rankdown back from potentially making the top half.

Honestly not bad for me that we made it this far and this is just my first top 5 loss lol

[Cody Wants Out...]

66. Tanya Tucker - Hangin' In



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 4
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 17
Billboard Hot Country Songs of 1994: 46



Total Points: 1036 (tied w/ #65)
Average: 64.75
Standard Deviation: 33.23953469

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.indulgecountry - 19
toomuchboy - 26
Cody Wants Out... - 28
someguy - 31
Kanenrá:ke - 32
LBTrocks - 48
George Strait Junkie - 55
sabre14 - 55
BackwoodsBarbie - 59
ClevelandRox - 75
castleoblivion26 - 78
kw9461 - 99
bboat11 - 103
gardyfan - 105
CoJoFan - 110
tim - 113

[Cody Wants Out...]

And Tanya Tucker becomes the second woman with multiple songs to be completely eliminated in this rankdown. .indulgecountry takes another hit to his top 20 and four others lose a top 40, including me.

We also encounter another tie here, except this time #65 has not only one top ten, but multiple top tens.

[Cody Wants Out...]

65. George Strait - I'd Like To Have That One Back



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 3
Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Peak: 9
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 3
Billboard Hot Country Songs of 1994: 57
Canada RPM Country Tracks of 1994: 43



Total Points: 1036 (tied w/ #66)
Average: 64.75
Standard Deviation: 38.33275362 (15th highest!)

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bboat11 - 7
BackwoodsBarbie - 10
tim - 24
gardyfan - 30
.indulgecountry - 33
George Strait Junkie - 39
Cody Wants Out... - 47
Kanenrá:ke - 64
CoJoFan - 69
LBTrocks - 72
kw9461 - 100
sabre14 - 104
castleoblivion26 - 104
someguy - 106
ClevelandRox - 112
toomuchboy - 115

[toomuchboy]

A shame "Hangin' In" didn't go higher. A fun, little song.

[Cody Wants Out...]

#64 has something in common with #65...

[bboat11]

Hmmm.... Are there any country songs about dropped tailgates? I've never heard one, but that would be a pretty good country thing to write about!

[Cody Wants Out...]

64. Travis Tritt - Take It Easy



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 21
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 12



Total Points: 1035
Average: 64.6875
Standard Deviation: 38.40437258 (13th highest!)

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{TRAJECTORY}

tim - 7
kw9461 - 14
bboat11 - 26
toomuchboy - 32
someguy - 36
.indulgecountry - 38
Kanenrá:ke - 40
Cody Wants Out... - 61
CoJoFan - 71
LBTrocks - 71
George Strait Junkie - 89
BackwoodsBarbie - 95
gardyfan - 100
castleoblivion26 - 114
ClevelandRox - 119
sabre14 - 122

[bboat11]

Yikes! Classic, iconic song! It got done so dirty here! :'(

[Cody Wants Out...]

It's a girl my Lord in a flat-bed Ford

If you take a closer look at that GMC Sierra ad amongst all the tailgates dropping like jaws, a row of Fords join the pack at about the ten-second mark (blink and you'll miss it!).

tim takes another hit to his top ten, matching the highest rank of the previous song, and also has a higher SD. This is a fairly popular recurrent despite it missing the top 20 on US country radio, but one would've expected it to have at least made the top ten though. Love the country arrangement of this Eagles' classic!

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Next, FOUR people are gonna lose a top 20, including a top ten. Plus, the SD is even higher!

[bboat11]

Aug 6, 2019 17:20:03 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

It's a girl my Lord in a flat-bed Ford

If you take a closer look at that GMC Sierra ad amongst all the tailgates dropping like jaws, a row of Fords join the pack at about the ten-second mark (blink and you'll miss it!).

tim takes another hit to his top ten, matching the highest rank of the previous song, and also has a higher SD.

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Next, FOUR people are gonna lose a top 20, including a top ten. Plus, the SD is even higher!

Oh, damn it! I can't believe I missed the connection between the Ford trucks that cameoed in the middle of the GMC Sierra tailgate commercial and the mention of a flatbed Ford truck in that song! I need to step up my game.

[castleoblivion26]

I've never liked "Take It Easy" though it has grown on me a little, still not enough to rank it any higher

[Cody Wants Out...]

[Cody Wants Out...]

63. Tim McGraw - Down on the Farm



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 2
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 3
Billboard Hot Country Songs of 1994: 5
Canada RPM Country Tracks of 1994: 44



Total Points: 1018
Average: 63.625
Standard Deviation: 38.78294299 (11th highest!)

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{TRAJECTORY}

ClevelandRox - 10
LBTrocks - 11
.indulgecountry - 15
bboat11 - 16
toomuchboy - 37
George Strait Junkie - 52
castleoblivion26 - 54
tim - 56
gardyfan - 63
someguy - 71
kw9461 - 94
CoJoFan - 95
sabre14 - 97
Kanenrá:ke - 110
Cody Wants Out... - 114
BackwoodsBarbie - 123

[LBTrocks]

Um, “Down on the Farm” is a total jam, a classic, and easily one of Tim McGraw’s best songs. Such a shame it got done so dirty in this.

[castleoblivion26]

I was gonna say this is out too early and then I saw my ranking. That is what happens when you like too many songs lol. Still this is out too early!

[tim]

I’ve never liked “Hangin’ In” and as I’ve mentioned in previous posts I didn’t like anything from the Soon album which is disappointing because I consider myself a fan of most of her work.

“I’d Like to Have That One Back” was always one of my mom’s favorite songs from this year as it reminded her of my dad’s passing just a few years prior. I had to look back to see if I could’ve put this song any higher but I’m just not sure I would move any songs around to make room for this in my top 20. I still revisit this song often, though, and find that I tend to put this one on more in the fall/winter months when I’m feeling gloomy.

I never expect Travis Tritt to do well in these rankdowns and I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to see “Take It Easy” exit, although I would've like to have seen it make the top half. This is a jam and it’s one that I’m pretty sure can still be heard on country radio today.

“Down on the Farm” is never a song I go out of my way to listen to but I’ve always found it to be a bit infectious. It’s a rather fun innocent song that I always find myself wanting to sing along with.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Yes I admit...

[Cody Wants Out...]

62. David Ball - Thinkin' Problem



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 2
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 1
Billboard Hot 100 Peak: 40
Billboard Hot Country Songs of 1994: 71
Canada RPM Country Tracks of 1994: 18



Total Points: 1014 (tied w/ #61)
Average: 63.375
Standard Deviation: 35.27392805

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{TRAJECTORY}

George Strait Junkie - 4
sabre14 - 6
gardyfan - 23
kw9461 - 40
Cody Wants Out... - 42
tim - 43
ClevelandRox - 50
castleoblivion26 - 69
BackwoodsBarbie - 70
Kanenrá:ke - 71
bboat11 - 79
toomuchboy - 94
.indulgecountry - 98
LBTrocks - 104
CoJoFan - 108
someguy - 113

[Cody Wants Out...]

Hello? Is anybody there?



Somebody loses their #2 next, along with a top ten and top fifteen.

[Cody Wants Out...]

61. Martina McBride - Life #9



Billboard Hot Country Songs Peak: 6
Canada RPM Country Tracks Peak: 8
Billboard Hot Country Songs of 1994: 69
Canada RPM Country Tracks of 1994: 85



Total Points: 1014 (tied w/ #62)
Average: 63.375
Standard Deviation: 33.80310637

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{TRAJECTORY}

LBTrocks - 2
bboat11 - 9
.indulgecountry - 14
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George Strait Junkie - 51
someguy - 52
ClevelandRox - 56
castleoblivion26 - 62
Kanenrá:ke - 66
sabre14 - 67
Cody Wants Out... - 70
BackwoodsBarbie - 71
toomuchboy - 80
kw9461 - 80
CoJoFan - 105
gardyfan - 113
tim - 116

[Cody Wants Out...]

And we're officially over the halfway point in the rankdown!

Here's the top 60:

Neal McCoy - Wink
Joe Diffie - Third Rock from the Sun
Clay Walker - Dreaming with My Eyes Open
Trisha Yearwood - XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)
Alan Jackson - Summertime Blues
Diamond Rio - Love a Little Stronger
Brooks & Dunn - That Ain't No Way to Go
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
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
Randy Travis - Whisper My Name
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
Toby Keith - Who's That Man
Pam Tillis - Spilled Perfume
Randy Travis - Before You Kill Us All
Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Take My Chances
Reba McEntire - Why Haven't I Heard From You
Clay Walker - Live Until I Die
Joe Diffie - John Deere Green
Patty Loveless - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye
Pam Tillis - When You Walk in the Room
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
Suzy Bogguss - Hey Cinderella
Patty Loveless - You Will
Faith Hill - Wild One
Tracy Byrd - Watermelon Crawl
Doug Supernaw - I Don't Call Him Daddy
Alan Jackson - Livin' on Love
Martina McBride - Independence Day
The Mavericks - What a Crying Shame
Lari White - Now I Know
Blackhawk - Goodbye Says It All
Clay Walker - If I Could Make a Living
Confederate Railroad - Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind
Shenandoah - I Want to Be Loved Like That
Faith Hill - Take Me As I Am
Blackhawk - I Sure Can Smell the Rain
Reba McEntire - She Thinks His Name Was John
Tracy Lawrence - I See It Now
George Strait - The Big One
Dwight Yoakam - Fast as You
Little Texas - Kick a Little
Trisha Yearwood - The Song Remembers When

[LBTrocks]

I ranked a Martina song higher than bboat11?? Come again????

At least he had the good sense to put it in his top 10 as well! .indulgecountry also shows incredible taste by putting it top 20, but the rest of you all.... shameful!!! It's a total jam. I guess it IS the type of song Pulse would hate, but it still deserved way better here and I am a bit surprised it is out THIS soon.

[sabre14]

Aug 6, 2019 23:04:19 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

but the rest of you all.... shameful!!! It's a total jam. I guess it IS the type of song Pulse would hate, but it still deserved way better here and I am a bit surprised it is out THIS soon.

You ranked “Thinkin’ Problem” at #104, right back atcha. 

[LBTrocks]

Aug 6, 2019 23:44:29 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Aug 6, 2019 23:04:19 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

but the rest of you all.... shameful!!! It's a total jam. I guess it IS the type of song Pulse would hate, but it still deserved way better here and I am a bit surprised it is out THIS soon.

You ranked “Thinkin’ Problem” at #104, right back atcha. 

David Ball ruins that song lol, I can't get over how he sings the opening... tragic

[sabre14]

Aug 6, 2019 23:45:18 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Aug 6, 2019 23:44:29 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

You ranked “Thinkin’ Problem” at #104, right back atcha. 

David Ball ruins that song lol, I can't get over how he sings the opening... tragic

Just like your top ranked songs and how they perform in every rankdown...tragic 

:)