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Post by musicfan134 on Oct 6, 2020 19:55:17 GMT -5
By far the best song from Carnival Ride, and one of my favorite songs by her ever. How anyone could put this below Top 20 is beyond me.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 19:56:36 GMT -5
bboat11 picked up the hint! "All-American Girl" wins the tie with "Remind Me," leaving at #19. I've always loved this song, and had it in my Top 10 when first making my list, but by the time I was finalizing the list, I had to drop it down to #20. I still hear this one on the radio quite frequently, especially when Carrie is having an "off" period between albums. I broke the tie by highest rank, so while the highest rank for "Remind Me" was a #4, AAG had a #2! In fairness, that's what I decided was a fair shake. Sorry to you musicfan134 ! This was released on December 17, 2007 as Carnival Ride's second single. It eventually reached a peak of #27 on the Hot 100, her seventh Top 40 peak there, as well as #1 on the Country Airplay chart, where AAG became her sixth consecutive #1 single and seventh overall.
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 20:02:58 GMT -5
I had a hunch that "All-American Girl" would likely leave sooner rather than later into the top 20. It barely squeaked into the top 30 in her first rankdown and overall this song has long been a polarizing one on Pulse. I've always loved this tune as it never fails to perk me up and there was no doubt that this was wouldn't be in my top ten.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 20:10:12 GMT -5
Before you hit the highway You better stop for gas There's a fifty in the ashtray In case you run short on cash Here's a map, and here's a Bible If you ever lose your way Just one more thing before you leave
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Post by carriefan15 on Oct 6, 2020 20:14:16 GMT -5
Awww this one hurts the most so far!!
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 20:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 20:17:48 GMT -5
This one stung some of you, didn't it? Leaving at #18 is "Don't Forget to Remember Me," the first song from Some Hearts to lose out, leaving Blown Away as the last album with all of its songs intact. I never really warmed up to DFTRM until my senior year of high school, when it began to hit me that this was going to be my life very soon--and here we are. I'm sad I couldn't place it too much higher into my Top 20, but if it makes anyone feel better, I did initially put this just outside of my Top 5. Ever since college began, and particularly ever since I nearly lost my mom to that nasty car accident in February, I've gained a huge appreciation for this song. My deepest apologies to tim and musicfan134 who lose their #1s, and .indulgecountry who loses his #2! Quite a few other painful losses there as well...and Juanca and Az Paynter I'm shocked at those #30s. Wow. DFTRM has always felt forgotten in Carrie's catalog, primarily because it had the very unlucky fate of being sandwiched in between "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats," Carrie's two biggest signature songs. This was her fourth single from Some Hearts in March 2006 and second release to country radio after sending the title track to pop/HAC stations. DRTRM eventually peaked at #2 on the Country Airplay chart.
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 20:24:25 GMT -5
"Don't Forget to Remember Me" has and always will be my favorite Carrie song so much so that this is the one I selected to showcase for her in the last Country Girls of Country rankdown for the 2000's. It barely made the top 30 there and so going into this I had already set my expectations that this wouldn't make the top 15 as there's always quite a few haters.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 20:36:18 GMT -5
Oh no, you can't dress it up in lace or rhinestonesIt don't matter if you're in a crowd or home all alone Yeah, it's all the same when you're looking in the mirror A picture of pain, so let it flow like a river.
You can pretty lie and say it's okay You can pretty smile and just walk away Pretty much fake your way through anything
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Post by toomuchboy on Oct 6, 2020 20:39:59 GMT -5
"Cry Pretty" is one of her best vocals, imo.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 6, 2020 20:40:43 GMT -5
I overranked "Cry Pretty"
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 20:44:33 GMT -5
OW. The title track from Cry Pretty leaves now at #17. Y'all...what kind of f**kery?!?! This managed to get close to the Top 10 during the submission process! I've always loved this song, from the moment it came out. I really needed this song when it came out, as I was going through a very bad depressive state and was still closeted. This song felt like Carrie herself telling me how unhealthy putting on a happy mask and living a double life was. and her conviction made it seem like she knew what she was talking about. (And she did. It's a very personal song; one of a few on this album that she wrote after suffering three consecutive miscarriages.) It wound up giving me the swift kick I needed to start building up the courage to finally come out, so this song will always and forever hold the dearest of places in my heart, and without it I honestly don't know what would've happened to me. This song is one of the reasons Carrie Underwood and her music means so much to me. I stand by my #3, I pay deep sympathies to Typo who just lost his #1, I pay deep sympathies to everyone else who ranked it in the Top 5-10, and I'll never understand the bottom 5 rankings. Don't try explaining yourself: I won't get it. This was released on April 11, 2018 as the lead single from the album, and as I've said time and again on this board: this was the perfect comeback single and it will forever keep me pressed that this didn't hit #1 and stay there for at least two weeks. It very much deserved.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Oct 6, 2020 20:48:03 GMT -5
“Don’t Forget to Remember Me” is great. It was definitely a grower for me, though.
I loved “Cry Pretty” when it came out and I still think that first performance was legendary, but I find myself not going back to it for some reason... Maybe I’m subconsciously holding a grudge against it for derailing her top 2 streak, lol.
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 20:48:24 GMT -5
I thought this just might be able to make it into the top 15, but alas all of those bottom five rankings held this one back. Even though I think it made sense to release this as the first single, I'm rather ambivalent about "Cry Pretty" overall as hearing it once was about enough for me. The downside to building an entire album around a song such as this one is that it just isn't something that country radio is going to want to play and in the end it might've had a negative impact on the era as a whole.
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Post by schnetzka on Oct 6, 2020 20:49:44 GMT -5
Don't Forget to Remember Me:
This has such an ironic title because I never see people talk about this song. It has to be one of her most forgotten singles but I believe it is severely underrated.
Cry Pretty:
I'm a sucker for going off vocally on songs. She used her head voice towards the end of the song in a way she has never done before. I hope she continues using vocals like that.
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 20:59:54 GMT -5
17. Cry Pretty
Written by Carrie Underwood & The Love Junkies AKA Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose, and Lori McKenna
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 21:01:35 GMT -5
I don't know what she did to make you hurt like this But, I know just what to do It starts with a bottle of good Reposado And ends with a shooter or two Tomorrow when the sun comes up Tonight is the night that never was Baby, just forget my name Won't be your one and only But just 'cause we're lonely don't mean that we should...
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 21:05:22 GMT -5
I can understand why this is such a fan favorite, but the decision to release this as a single all but sealed the fate for the Cry Pretty era. I'm relieved this didn't make it one spot higher.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 21:08:13 GMT -5
Well, just before the Top 15 (although it did get as high as #6 in the very early part of the submission process) we say goodbye to Carrie's latest radio single and 30th consecutive Mediabase Top 10 hit "Drinking Alone." I ranked this at #16 because while it's a huge favorite from the parent album, I don't feel like it holds too big of a candle to some of Carrie's other hits in this rankdown. This was released right at the end of October 2019 and impacted radio in the beginning of November. And it's a Top 10 single. We Carrie stans stopped claiming Billboard when this album's era rolled around. My apologies to Az Paynter who loses his #4. And with the loss of "Drinking Alone," Cry Pretty becomes the first album to lose all of its songs. Stay tuned for an album showcase; it's coming any minute!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 21:08:57 GMT -5
I can understand why this is such a fan favorite, but the decision to release this as a single all but sealed the fate for the Cry Pretty era. I'm relieved this didn't make it one spot higher. You can't deny that CMA Awards performance, tho.
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Post by lipe on Oct 6, 2020 21:09:41 GMT -5
I'm happy with the 18-20 exits. But Cry Pretty, oh Gosh. I thought there would be more people ranking it on the top10. It's one of her best singles in my opinion, as you can see by my #2. I love everything about it and I couldn't have asked for a better lead single, even if I know it was not the best option for country radio. Ranking this song at the very bottom is insane to me.
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Post by lipe on Oct 6, 2020 21:11:56 GMT -5
OW. The title track from Cry Pretty leaves now at #17. Y'all...what kind of f**kery?!?! This managed to get close to the Top 10 during the submission process! I've always loved this song, from the moment it came out. I really needed this song when it came out, as I was going through a very bad depressive state and was still closeted. This song felt like Carrie herself telling me how unhealthy putting on a happy mask and living a double life was. and her conviction made it seem like she knew what she was talking about. (And she did. It's a very personal song; one of a few on this album that she wrote after suffering three consecutive miscarriages.) It wound up giving me the swift kick I needed to start building up the courage to finally come out, so this song will always and forever hold the dearest of places in my heart, and without it I honestly don't know what would've happened to me. This song is one of the reasons Carrie Underwood and her music means so much to me. I stand by my #3, I pay deep sympathies to Typo who just lost his #1, I pay deep sympathies to everyone else who ranked it in the Top 5-10, and I'll never understand the bottom 5 rankings. Don't try explaining yourself: I won't get it. This was released on April 11, 2018 as the lead single from the album, and as I've said time and again on this board: this was the perfect comeback single and it will forever keep me pressed that this didn't hit #1 and stay there for at least two weeks. It very much deserved. Amen!! :kii:
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 21:15:38 GMT -5
You can't deny that CMA Awards performance, tho. I know everyone has long raved about that performance, but it was a bit over the top for my own personal taste (never mind my dislike for the song). I still think "Ghosts on the Stereo" should've been what she released and sang at last years CMA Awards. 16. Drinking Alone
No, Seriously. We're In A Pandemic. Drink Alone.
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Post by Exclusive on Oct 6, 2020 21:18:56 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 21:20:45 GMT -5
Album Showcase: Cry Pretty
Released: September 14, 2018 Label: Capitol Records Nashville Length: 50:26 Producers: David Garcia & Carrie Underwood (Jim Jonsin for Track 13) Tracklist: (* indicates a radio single)1. Cry Pretty* 2. Ghosts on the Stereo 3. Low 4. Backsliding 5. Southbound* 6. That Song That We Used To Make Love To 7. Drinking Alone* 8. The Bullet 9. Spinning Bottles 10. Love Wins* 11. End Up With You 12. Kingdom 13. The Champion (ft. Ludacris) (streaming/CD-exclusive bonus track) Featured Album Tracks:"That Song That We Used To Make Love To""Low""Spinning Bottles""Backsliding""Ghosts on the Stereo""The Bullet"
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 21:23:56 GMT -5
And here is your Top 15!Jesus, Take the Wheel Before He Cheats Wasted So Small Just a Dream Cowboy Casanova Good Girl Blown Away Two Black Cadillacs See You Again Something in the Water Little Toy Guns Heartbeat Church Bells Dirty LaundryPlace your bets on what misses the Top 10 and stick around tomorrow night for more reveals!
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Post by lipe on Oct 6, 2020 21:38:54 GMT -5
I'll say... Little Toy Guns, Just a Dream, Heartbeat, So Small and Wasted??
I'd rather Dirty Laundry to be out instead of Little Toy Guns though (I can see it happening but Idk).
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Oct 6, 2020 21:52:21 GMT -5
I wasn’t too hot on “Ghosts On the Stereo” for the longest time, but now I’m wishing it was a single. And if Carrie had the momentum “Low” would’ve been a great release.
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Post by 14887fan on Oct 6, 2020 23:10:38 GMT -5
By far the best song from Carnival Ride, and one of my favorite songs by her ever. How anyone could put this below Top 20 is beyond me.
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Post by Sugar Rush on Oct 7, 2020 1:21:33 GMT -5
Remind Me’s elimination stings, I absolutely love it. So many memories to this song.
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