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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 26, 2020 21:09:42 GMT -5
Oops! I did it again...just to recap...
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 26, 2020 21:11:59 GMT -5
Here's the top 15!A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be Bring My Flowers Now Delta Dawn Down to My Last Teardrop If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight It's a Little Too Late Little Things Love Me Like You Used To My Arms Stay Open All Night Ridin' Out the Heartache Some Kind of Trouble Texas (When I Die) Two Sparrows in a Hurricane Walking Shoes (Without You) What Do I Do With Me
I think I'll just continue from here...
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 26, 2020 21:36:46 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 26, 2020 21:47:24 GMT -5
As we kick off the top fifteen, we encounter our final tie...and as a spoiler alert, both songs are from the 90s!
The only difference is "Walking Shoes" failed to gather any top ten rankings (despite it being a cute little kiss-off old-school country jam while the song at #14 has a duo of top tens, including someone's #2! :o
On the bright side, most of us put "Walking Shoes" in our top half with well over half of those being top twenties so I should just hush, right? ;)
Anyways, this was a top three country hit in both the US and Canada, peaking at #3 and #2 respectively, in the middle of 1990. This will appear in the 1990 Country rankdown whenever we get to it (alongside "Don't Go Out"). :)
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Nov 26, 2020 21:48:17 GMT -5
so far I've only lost 3 songs in my top 14 (2, 12, 13) so I'm hoping that the songs that are not in my top 14 are the next 3 to go (44, 32, 29 - none of which are bad just like the others more). I love the songs that are remaining in my top 14 so I'm hoping they can hang in there to the top 11!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 26, 2020 22:03:56 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 26, 2020 22:13:56 GMT -5
Okay...I have mixed feelings about this being out. I'll admit that this one took some time to grow on me, and now that I think of it, I'm pretty baffled as to how "Ridin' Out the Heartache" fizzled out #45 on country radio in '97. She'd just gotten her momentum back with "Little Things" peaking at #9 earlier that year, anyone know what went wrong? I know most of us were really young back then, but I personally don't think a little speculation would hurt. My condolences go out to George Strait Junkie who loses his #2 and Kanenrá:ke who loses another top ten.
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Post by tim on Nov 27, 2020 1:35:07 GMT -5
Wasn't tim waiting for this to be eliminated or somethin'?
17. Hangin' In Part of me isn't at all surprised to see this so well liked that it'd make the top 20, but yea it really seems like an outlier and something that should've likely left a bit sooner. Much of the material from her Soon was received better than I expected overall so maybe it has just aged better than it was received at the time. Going into this rankdown I had set my expectations low for "I'll Come Back as Another Woman", so I'll take it as a win that it almost made the top 15. This is such a classic '80s Tanya song and one that I'd recommend to anyone who'd want an introduction to her discography. I have fond memories of hearing "Walking Shoes" on country radio during the '90s and it's always been a favorite of mine. This is another song that I probably had set my expectations low for, so all in all it's very deserving of a top 15 showing!
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Post by tim on Nov 27, 2020 1:39:33 GMT -5
I'm also not at all surprised that "Ridin' Out the Heartache" managed to make it as far as it did. Despite its lackluster performance at country radio, this has always been one of my favorites and I'm glad to see my fellow Pulsers follow suit. This is such an underrated jam.
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Post by tim on Nov 27, 2020 1:44:14 GMT -5
Welp, now we only have to guess the three songs that won't make the top 10! So, I'm going to go with these: A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be (Without You) What Do I Do With Me Texas (When I Die)
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 14:27:33 GMT -5
Before I continue, lemme make a quick comment on "I'll Come Back as Another Woman". I how deliciously dark this is, but am simultaneously not too thrilled at those lower rankings holding this back from nearly making the top ten here. It almost became a #1 hit for her back in 1987! Highly recommended imo! :)
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 14:35:41 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Nov 27, 2020 14:47:15 GMT -5
Welp, now we only have to guess the three songs that won't make the top 10! So, I'm going to go with these: A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be (Without You) What Do I Do With Me Texas (When I Die) You got the 1st one correct but I really hope that "(Without You) What Do I Do With Me" makes the top 10 because it is easily one of my favorites from her
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 14:52:05 GMT -5
Confession: this did a whole lot better than I thought it would! Especially for a song that peaked at #34 on country radio in 2002.
I mean, look at those top fives! :o
Personally, I think this one's alright, but she clearly has better based off of my ranking at #40.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 15:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 15:28:35 GMT -5
For anyone who thought "Little Things" had a shot at top ten, bad news: it was never a contender, although it was gonna end up in the top 20 regardless. Tanya Tucker's last top ten hit of her career only garnered one top ten ranking, but it also picked up an impressive SIX top 20 ranks with an additional near top 20 to boot from George Strait Junkie. I find this mid-tempo love song to be quite relaxing and a pretty nice treat amongst the various offerings that country radio offered in 1997. Before I continue, each reveal from this point forward will have at least one top three ranking! Hold on to your hats!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Nov 27, 2020 15:58:13 GMT -5
so happy that "Little Things" did this well, sad to see it go here and am at kamala 2024 truther and bboat11's ranks for this song cause it is a great one!!! Talk about flopping!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 16:12:51 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 16:39:36 GMT -5
Wow! What an anthem! In retrospect, I'm pretty sure I underranked this, but there was a lot to choose from, which led people like me to be stuck between a rock and a hard place in regards to where to place this at. Originally recorded and co-written by Ed Bruce, Tanya Tucker took "Texas (When I Die)" to the top five on country radio in 1979 as the lead country single from the rock-leaning album TNT.
And just like that, we've made it to the top ten! Bring My Flowers Now Delta Dawn Down to My Last Teardrop If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight It's a Little Too Late Love Me Like You Used To My Arms Stay Open All Night Some Kind of Trouble Two Sparrows in a Hurricane (Without You) What Do I Do With MeIf I get lucky, we can make it to the top five tonight!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Nov 27, 2020 17:35:32 GMT -5
"Bring My Flowers Now", "Delta Dawn", "Down To My Last Teardrop", "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight", "It's A Little Too Late", "Love Me Like You Used To", "Some Kind of Trouble", "Two Sparrow In A Hurricane", and "(Without You) What Do I Do With Me" all making the top 10 is amazing cause I love those 9 songs. TBH I cannot remember how "My Arms Stay Open All Night" now so I'll have to relisten to that but would prefer that to be #10 instead of any of the others.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 21:54:07 GMT -5
TBH I cannot remember how "My Arms Stay Open All Night" now so I'll have to relisten to that but would prefer that to be #10 instead of any of the others. Done! :)
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 22:04:15 GMT -5
"My Arms Stay Open All Night" was released in late October of 1989 as the new song from her Greatest Hits compilation with Capitol Records. It went on to peak at #2 on country radio in both the US and Canada in January 1990 and was one of the biggest hits of that year.
Half of us put this in or near the top five while the rest of us put this in various places, including but not limited to the top 20 and the bottom half.
Honestly, I must've been in a pretty good mood when ranking this one as I find it to be pretty poppy in general, but I can see why it's so well-liked. Wouldn't be surprised to see it end up as a potential top 40 contender in the 1990 country rankdown.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 22:27:12 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 27, 2020 22:40:54 GMT -5
"Bring My Flowers" is a fantastic song but it feels maybe just a touch overrated in the context of her career. For me it's definitely not top 10 of all-time among her entire discography. It is good though!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 22:41:18 GMT -5
Welp, my heartless soul has been exposed... By that, I mean I was the only fool who put this Grammy award winning country song right outside his top half. someguy's #1 gets eliminated here as well as a top three from Kanenrá:ke and a perfect ranking from castleoblivion26. I appreciate the sentiment of this song, but personally, I don't care for how it's structured melodically, which I may have let prejudice my own ranking. If I had to do this over again, though, it probably wouldn't be much higher maybe the middle to lower portion of the 20s?
I know the night is young for some of y'all, but I'll go ahead and do one more reveal before I hit the sack.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 22:59:28 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Nov 27, 2020 23:12:06 GMT -5
Drumming up a bunch of support from us, tim sadly loses his #1 as this emotional ballad runs out of steam. After a discouraging start, this was able to settle comfortably as a solid top ten contender with a chance of making it into the to five, even. The title track was released as the second single in late 1991 and peaked in early 1992 at #2 on country radio right behind Collin Raye's first #1 hit, "Love, Me". When I resume hopefully tomorrow afternoon, you'll get to see my #1, which has a few common links with this one...
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Nov 28, 2020 9:10:11 GMT -5
I absolutely love "(Without You) What Do I Do With Me" and am disappointed to see it out here. That being said I LOVE everything remaining and wouldn't be upset with any of them winning. That being said my #1 is really the only one I absolutely want to see win because I just love that one so much. I'll be shocked if it is #1 but I hope it is lol
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Post by tim on Nov 28, 2020 9:25:46 GMT -5
so happy that "Little Things" did this well, sad to see it go here and am at kamala 2024 truther and bboat11 's ranks for this song cause it is a great one!!! Talk about flopping! Maybe it's just me, but both of them have been consistently floppy throughout this rankdown! I've always loved "Little Things" and thought it might have a bit more top level support to get it into the top 10, but it seems those two rather questionable rankings hindered that. I've long considered this her last hit single as it was her last top 10 country song. It should come as no surprise that "Texas (When I Die)" can still be heard frequently on the radio down here in Texas and I'd even say it's slightly overplayed for my taste, but again this was one that I expected to perform quite well. This was about the only single from the TNT era that I liked. "My Arms Stay Open All Night" has long been a go-to song of mine from her discography and I felt pretty confident that it'd make the top ten here as well. I couldn't imagine anyone other than Tanya singing this because it's a perfect fit for her voice. Oh, and there's kamala 2024 truther with yet another head-scratching rank! "Bring My Flowers Now" definitely benefited from it being one of her more recent and beloved releases, so I don't think it making the top ten came as much a surprise to me. I myself put this just outside my top 15 which I feel pretty comfortable with as I think when we look back on her career twenty years from now we'll still remember this one rather fondly. There was never any question as to what my top ranking song would be as "(Without You) What Do I Do With Me" has always been a favorite of mine. This was the song and album that likely first introduced me to Tanya as my mom would often play it around the house and I became quite familiar with all of the tracks early on. I had just lost my father right about the time of this era and I think both my mom and I found some solace in listening this song even though it reminded us of the shared grief we felt.
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Post by someguy on Nov 28, 2020 11:00:14 GMT -5
I may have overranked "Bring My Flowers Now", but I don't think so. Tanya's most recent album is my favourite of her career. Granted, I haven't heard every album, but I hve most of them from the early 90s and on, and I would say so based on that.
"My Arms Stay Open All Night" is such a great song, and classic Tanya. I'm glad that it made the top 10, but was hoping that it would go a bit further. The top 15 is stellar, so I can't really complain.
I'd rather "Delta Dawn" be out around #5. It's great, but it would be a pretty predictable winner, and not really indicative of what she did with her career.
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