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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 1, 2021 9:57:57 GMT -5
Sent last night and Good Time is dead last for me like it should be for all of youNot when Chase Rice is on this list. :sip2: They are in my bottom 2 anyway.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 1, 2021 10:54:47 GMT -5
Not when Chase Rice is on this list. They are in my bottom 2 anyway. They're both in my bottom 10; both of their songs are trash
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Post by Crimsonio on Feb 1, 2021 11:08:50 GMT -5
Sent last night and Good Time is dead last for me like it should be for all of youNot when Chase Rice is on this list. He's like in the bottom five for me, still can't believe that idiot made the finals of Survivor lol
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 1, 2021 11:12:25 GMT -5
So I guess I should spoil this now instead of later, I don't hate "Lonely If You Are" in fact I have it above Carrie Underwood
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 1, 2021 11:19:11 GMT -5
Y'all tanking "Lovely If You Are" when "Got What I Got" is right there...
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Post by Fire on Feb 1, 2021 11:22:49 GMT -5
neither are exactly high for me but y'all really talking about ranking good time and lonely if you are last but got what i got and i love my country are on this list
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Post by lyhom on Feb 1, 2021 11:48:17 GMT -5
tfw your 110 hasn't been mentioned yet
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 1, 2021 13:07:13 GMT -5
tfw your 110 hasn't been mentioned yet Don't let them get you all rile't up ;)
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 1, 2021 13:16:58 GMT -5
So I guess I should spoil this now instead of later, I don't hate "Lonely If You Are" in fact I have it above Carrie Underwood*runs into hiding asap*
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 1, 2021 13:39:47 GMT -5
We love to see all the discussion so far!!! Now hang on, lemme just slip some prediction questions in here real quick! I still need to enter those 5 lists from last night, plus I'm still in the middle of the work day right now, so folks can still sneak in if they want to. But as of right now, here is our participation list! Current Participation List: 4. @trilogy
Following: Questions to get us started:
1. What will be #1? 2. What will be #110? 3. Which songs belong in the top 10? 4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? 5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? 6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") 7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? 8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? 9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") 10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? 11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? 13. Will any women make the bottom 10? 14. Any other thoughts/predictions?
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Post by Fire on Feb 1, 2021 13:48:08 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? honestly there are so many contenders i can think of. maybe bluebird, dfabh, or the lady a songs?2. What will be #110? hopefully some trash like i love my country or got what i got (i can see good time, one margarita, or chase rice being contenders too)3. Which songs belong in the top 10? the songs that belong in the top 10 are the songs that are in my top 104. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? the songs that belong in the bottom 10 are the songs that are in my bottom 105. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? i hope will probably be pretty polarizing6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") well7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? well probably8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? well.9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? ( HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") 10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? hopefully not as well.11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? ( Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? genuinely don't know this one lol.13. Will any women make the bottom 10? i hope is the only thing i can think of and even then that's less hated and more polarizing14. Any other thoughts/predictions? these predictions are probably gonna be very off lol
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 1, 2021 13:51:13 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? I know the conventional answer is "Bluebird" but I am gonna go with "Die From A Broken Heart"2. What will be #110? "Good Time"3. Which songs belong in the top 10? "I Hope You're Happy Now", "Bluebird", "Die From A Broken Heart", "Black Like Me", "Sleep At Night", "More Hearts Than Mine", "Betty", "The Stranger", "One Night Standards", and "Small Town Hypocrite" 4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? "Good Time", "Got What I Got", "Lonely If You Are", "I Should Probably Go To Bed", "Now You Know", "I Love My Country", "Fire't Up", "Cool Again", "One Margarita", and "Single Saturday Night"5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? Most: "One Beer" Least: "The Stranger"6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") Both make Top 40 but not Top 307. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? "Sleep At Night" Top 10 and "Gaslighter" Top 208. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? Top 30 and I am not ashamed of where I ranked it9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") Awkward cause I love both but "One Beer" should do better10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Top 3011. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). Top 40 to 30 maybe Sara Evans gets Top 20 but that is about it12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? If we count Lee Brice in "I Hope You're Happy Now"13. Will any women make the bottom 10? No. I would love for Gabby Barrett to be in the bottom 10 because "I Hope" is fucking trash but I already know it won't14. Any other thoughts/predictions? Hoping for a good showing for Lauren Alaina and Tenille Arts
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Feb 1, 2021 14:07:16 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? I want "I Hope You're Happy Now" to be #1, but looking at who submitted I think a poppier song like "Bluebird" will probably clinch the top spot.2. What will be #110? Truly a race to the bottom, lol. I could see "Fire't Up", "Lonely If You Are", "One Margarita", or "Good Time" being last place.3. Which songs belong in the top 10? "I Hope You're Happy Now", "Bluebird", "Die From a Broken Heart", "More Hearts Than Mine", "Black Like Me", "Sleep at Night"4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? "One Margarita", "Fire't Up", "Single Saturday Night", "Good Time", "Details", and *unpopular opinion alert* "Lady" (though it's not in my bottom 10 lol)5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? Most polarizing: the Gabby Barrett songs Least polarizing: "Bluebird", "More Hearts Than Mine", "Die From a Broken Heart"6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") Generally I think the country posters are a lot more forgiving, for lack of a better word, of controversy like this. See: people (like me) who enjoy Gabby Barrett's music despite her, um, shortfalls. There will probably be a few tankers but I don't see the situation affecting the ranks too much.7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? I enjoy "Sleep At Night" more so I hope it does better, though it might suffer from a lack of familiarity compared to "Gaslighter" which had actual promo behind it.8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? I think it'll get to the 30s at best. There was lots of good music this year, and while I like "Drinking Alone" I didn't find it up to par with much of the list.
9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") "One Beer" by far, lmao.
10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? "Chasin' You" will probably find a spot in the top 40.11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). at "Pulse loves its middle-aged women"... I think Sara Evans will do the best out of the three.12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? I doubt it, but maybe Timmy or Luke Combs could do it? Edit: I forgot about Lee Brice on "I Hope You're Happy Now", so yes. No solo men though.13. Will any women make the bottom 10? I don't think so lol. Noah Cyrus on "This Is Us" or Kelsea & Halsey's "the other girl" could be the lowest of the females.14. Any other thoughts/predictions? I get the feeling that Luke Combs has kind of burned on a lot of people this year, so I could definitely see him suffering in this rankdown because of that.
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Post by wrip on Feb 1, 2021 14:14:57 GMT -5
I'm so ready to be wrong about like all of these lol: 1. What will be #1?- Don't really know which song will end up #1 as there's plenty of songs I can see here but maybe Bluebird? I feel like that seems to be really well liked.2. What will be #110?- Again, there's quite a few songs that could end up here, but I'm thinking one of Good Time, I Love My Country, Lonely If You Are, or One Margarita will end up last.3. Which songs belong in the top 10?- There's probably a couple of songs that I'll miss but I could see some of the Hot 100 crossovers (such as Bluebird, Die From A Broken Heart, I Hope You're Happy Now) making it. Some other songs I could see making it (or coming close) are Betty, Black Like Me, Champagne Night, Gaslighter, hole in the bottle, and More Hearts Than Mine, maybe a Luke Combs song.4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10?- All of the songs I mentioned for the #110 question I could see here, other songs being Cool Again, Got What I Got, Just The Way... I'm thinking the bottom ten will pretty much only consist of men.5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing?- I definitely think I Hope will have a high SD as it's pretty polarizing, but from what I've heard I could definitely see Drinking Alone being divisive as well. I have no clue on what will be less polarizing though.6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night")- I don't know if I see What I'm Leaving for doing *that* well (definitely top half at the very least) but I think Champagne Night could do very well here, I'd say top 30 at the very least sounds like a lock.7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do?- Gaslighter has a good chance of making the top 10 in my opinion, Sleep At Night will probably be top 20.8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do?- I might be wrong but I think it's at least locked for top 20/30, it making the top 10 depends on how much people tank it though.9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita")- One Beer easily, One Margarita is awful lol10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do?- Ideally, it'll make the top half, but not sure how far in it'll go. It was close to the top half in the year end rankdown though so I think it has a good chance this time.11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me").- Sara Evans maybe? Not totally sure haha12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10?
- Besides Lee Brice for IHYHN, the only other man I can see having a slight chance of making the top ten would be Luke Combs, but also not too sure about that.13. Will any women make the bottom 10?- Nah haha, I think we probably won't see a woman show up until like 15/20 reveals in (I could see that being like Gwen Stefani in Nobody But You lol)14. Any other thoughts/predictions?
- Just excited to see how this goes :0
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 1, 2021 14:20:59 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? More Hearts Than Mine2. What will be #110? Fire't Up (Unlistenable crap)
3. Which songs belong in the top 10? More Hearts than mine, Die From A Broken Heart, Bluebird, I Hope You're Happy Now, betty, One Night Standards, Does To Me, Small Town Hypocrite, What Could’ve Been, Black Like Me4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? Fire't Up, Single Saturday Night, the other girl, Good Time, I Should Probably Go To Bed, Be A Light (hopefully), Drinking Alone, Cool Again, Lonely If You Are (Sadly), Now You Know.5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? Most: Everywhere But On Least: Fire't Up6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") Champagne Night 30s, WILF 70s. Tbh, I don't care about the controversy or what they decide on their names, as long as they are releasing good music to their fans.7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? Gaslighter 70s, Sleep At Night 20s, even though I prefer Gaslighter.8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? I hate Drinking Alone, and I'm the only person on Pulse who enjoys Chase Rice. So I rank DA far lower than Chase. 9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") I love both. One Beer should do better10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Somewhere in 40s...? More Than My Hometown should do better. I like MTMH better as well, even though the lyrics are far from relatable to myself, as a person with zero attachment to hometown.11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). Girls Like Me -->Wreck Me --> If I Can't Have You12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? Luke Combs and Eric Church, if any, or Lee Brice with Carly.13. Will any women make the bottom 10? Drinking Alone14. Any other thoughts/predictions? Rooting for Somebody Like That and i don't lovE you
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 1, 2021 14:34:32 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? "Bluebird"2. What will be #110? "Got What I Got"3. Which songs belong in the top 10? "Bluebird" and the rest of my top 10 :kii:4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? My bottom 10 :kii:5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? idk6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") "Champagne Night" is horrible and should be bottom 40. "What I'm Leaving For" could be top 20.7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? "Gaslighter"8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? Top 509. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") 10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Top 30.11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? No.13. Will any women make the bottom 10? No.14. Any other thoughts/predictions? Nah.
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Post by toomuchboy on Feb 1, 2021 14:51:47 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? Bluebird. 2. What will be #110? Fire't Up? FGL deserves it. 3. Which songs belong in the top 10? I expect the top 10 to be Die From a Broken Heart, Bluebird, What Are You Gonna Tell Her, Sleep At Night, One Night Standards, I Hope You're Happy Now, Small Town Hypocrite, More Hearts Than Mine, Drinking Alone, and Classic. Maybe Sara Evans or Gary Allans exchanged with one or two of them, Idk. 4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? FGL's, Morgan Wallen's, and Brantley Gilbert's songs, One of Them Girls, who knows what else. I could see "All of the Boys" ending up here. 5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? Gaslighter and Drinking Alone for most, Die From a Broken Heart and Bluebird for least. 6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") I except these two in the top 25-50 area. Neither of these are anywhere as great as WIINGOY. 7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? Hopefully Sleep At Night at least goes top 15. 8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? Top 20, although I wouldn't be surprised to see her make top 10 since I know the song is really loved within her fanbase. 9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") One Margarita. 10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Top 30. 11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me") I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that O'Neal makes it the highest here. 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? At least one song by a man will make it, although I wouldn't mind them being shut out here. 13. Will any women make the bottom 10? Caroline Jones.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 1, 2021 14:54:47 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? "Bluebird" in a landslide. The ONLY alternatives are "Die From A Broken Heart" and "What Are You Gonna Tell Her". Well not the only alternatives but those two are among the most obvious alternatives.2. What will be #110? Hopefully Chase Rice. I can also see any of Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, or Niko Moon obtaining the dishonor.3. Which songs belong in the top 10? "Bluebird," "DFABH," "WAYGTH," "One Night Standards," "Dirty Looks," "I Hope You're Happy Now," "Gaslighter," "Pretty Heart," "The Stranger," "Small Town Hypocrite." I would also not be upset to see either Morgan Wallen song up here. And will happily root for "Pretty Heart" as well.4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? Chase Rice. Jason Aldean. Niko Moon. Florida Georgia Line ("I Love My Country"). Brantley Gilbert ("Fire't Up"). Didn't put him in my bottom 10 but won't be upset to see Dustin Lynch here.5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? "Drinking Alone" (it only made it to #16 in her 2.0 rankdown, and the middle of the BotB RD it was in after having won its album RD so I'll be disappointed but not surprised), "Never Have I Ever," "Talking to God," "I Hope" Least polarizing? A good chunk of the songs I mentioned in the Top 10/bottom 10 questions6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") They'll make the Top 40 but that's likely about it. "Champagne Night" will probably be the superior performer of the two. It doesn't help their case, even if their mess hadn't happened, that both songs had nowhere near as much of an impact on the general public as WIINGOY did.7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? "Gaslighter" deserves the Top 10 and "Sleep At Night" likewise deserves Top 30 at the absolute least.8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? Based on how I've seen "Drinking Alone" perform--as I pointed out above--in various country rankdowns, whether they be full-genre rankdowns or even a CU-exclusive RD, I highly doubt my hopes for the song's performance here will be realized. I see her making Top 30 at best.9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") Luke's is listenable and tolerable and honestly quite a catchy summer jam imo so I hope it does better.10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? I see it making the Top 20, but wouldn't be surprised or upset to see it in the Top 10.11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! LMAO. ( ) How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? ( Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). I would be inclined to guess Sara Evans does the best, but seeing as hers is a more disco-influenced song and--while a great song--gets rather repetitive, I see Martina as the more likely winner out of these three ladies. "Girls Like Me" is a wonderful song and has this line: It used to be me hiding insecurities with a cigarette and a bottle of whiskey, which is no contest one of the best lyrics of any 2020 country song.12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? Morgan Wallen is the most likely man to make it there; although I feel like Parker McCollum has the second-best shot with the wonderful "Pretty Heart".13. Will any women make the bottom 10? LOL if any woman is gonna be in the bottom 10, it's gonna be Lauren for being a part of "One Beer"14. Any other thoughts/predictions? 2020 marked the beginning of what I'd like to think is a very promising decade overall for the country music genre. With 14 songs hitting the Hot 100 year-end chart, this proved to be one of the best years in some time for the genre in terms of popularity and exposure. This year was also a massive and welcome changing of the tides for women on the chart. We still have a bit more work to do imo until we've really hit Equal Play, but from seemingly the beginning of the year the difference between 2020 and literally any of 2017-19 was night and day. Not to mention the country Grammy nominations! (Grammys are not the be-all-end-all anymore, let's be real, but still.) Ingrid Andress received a Best New Artist nomination and Mickey Guyton, who is the only Black woman signed to a major country music label, and who became the first Black woman to perform at the ACM Awards, became the first Black solo female artist to be nominated for a Grammy in any country category for "Black Like Me"!!! That's a MAJOR step forward--now we just need radio to play her f**king music. Not to mention the Grammys nominated practically all women for Album of the Year! (Little Big Town, as we all know, is made up of two men and two women.) Best Country Song nominations also went nearly all to women, with Old Dominion being the only male artist, solo or group, to receive a nod in this category. Overall, women were recognized much more by the music industry for their contributions to this genre. They also made up the heavy majority of the strength of this Rankdown's list, as opposed to a majority of faceless or forgettable tunes from the men. I really hope this changing of the tides continues in 2021 and leads to a true, prolonged period of Equal Play. I'm excited to see how this rankdown plays out!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 1, 2021 15:02:53 GMT -5
"Girls Like Me" is a wonderful song and has this line: It used to be me hiding insecurities with a cigarette and a bottle of whiskey, which is no contest one of the best lyrics of any 2020 country song. Look at you continuing to tell no lies!!!
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Post by Troublemaker on Feb 1, 2021 15:06:07 GMT -5
That minute you realize bluebird is not even in your top 10, and almost everyone is predicting #1...
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 1, 2021 15:13:11 GMT -5
That minute you realize bluebird is not even in your top 20, and almost everyone is predicting #1... That's for me! I still like "Bluebird" but don't love it.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 1, 2021 15:23:12 GMT -5
This is why I love these rankdowns when we get so many participants It is so much less predictable and more MESSY than when we have the same 12 people submitting for every other country rankdown Although I will say, literally nobody has seemed like they were trolling with their lists, so whatever happens is all in good fun (Also individual lists have very little effect with this many people. So even those who tank a song aren't even changing its position more than 1-2 spots at this point, if at all)
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 1, 2021 18:42:56 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? Bluebird (Small Town Hypocrite is a dark horse) 2. What will be #110? Good Time (I can't think of anybody would boost that song) 3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Die From A Broken Heart, I Hope You're Happy Now, What Are You Gonna Tell Her?, Small Town Hypocrite, The Stranger, More Hearts Than Mine, Gaslighter, betty, One Night Standards 4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? Lonely If You Are, I Should Probably Go To Bed, I Love My Country, Fire’t Up, One Margarita, Cool Again, Single Saturday Night, Details, What She Wants Tonight 5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? Most polarizing: Starting Over (because Chris Stapleton), Stick That In Your Country Song (because Eric Church) Least polarizing: Die From A Broken Heart, I Hope You're Happy Now 6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") What I'm Leaving For: Top 60 Champagne Night: Top 30 I would be pleasantly surprised if they are lower because most of their music suck whether or not that controversy happened. 7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? Gaslighter: Top 20 Sleep At Night: Top 30 I don't see them far apart. 8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? Top 30. 9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") One Beer (please leave asap though) 10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Top 50 11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). Girls Like Me. (They will be overrated by Pulse) 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? Lee Brice (and Luke Combs as songwriter) as in I Hope You're Happy Now. Chris Stapleton deserves but country posters will tank him so nah. 13. Will any women make the bottom 10? No. 14. Any other thoughts/predictions? The way how indulge (submitted right after me) moves up or down the songs should be interesting lol
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 1, 2021 18:47:57 GMT -5
Although I will say, literally nobody has seemed like they were trolling with their lists, so whatever happens is all in good fun (Also individual lists have very little effect with this many people. So even those who tank a song aren't even changing its position more than 1-2 spots at this point, if at all) I mean anthony did not join this rankdown.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 1, 2021 19:10:45 GMT -5
3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Even Though I'm Leaving 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? For those who are too lazy to read last year's results, Luke Combs is the only male made the top 10 (Even Though I'm Leaving at #5). I imagine country forum posters will rank it lower this time due to burn, but non-country forum posters may still like this song enough to push it back in top 10. Lmao "Even Though I'm Leaving" isn't in this rankdown ;) That's a 2019 song through and through!
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 1, 2021 19:22:01 GMT -5
3. Which songs belong in the top 10? Even Though I'm Leaving 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? For those who are too lazy to read last year's results, Luke Combs is the only male made the top 10 (Even Though I'm Leaving at #5). I imagine country forum posters will rank it lower this time due to burn, but non-country forum posters may still like this song enough to push it back in top 10. Lmao "Even Though I'm Leaving" isn't in this rankdown ;) That's a 2019 song through and through! Oops. Replace the first answer with Gaslighter and second with only Lee Brice as duet partner.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 1, 2021 19:57:45 GMT -5
THIS RANKDOWN IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!! I have gotten lists from everyone I was expecting, and even a few I was not expecting :) I am going to start throwing together trajectory graphs now, so that I'm ready to dive into this thing in a little bit! I hope you're excited, whether you're a real tractor or just here for the tractor show!!!!!
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Post by tim on Feb 1, 2021 20:24:32 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? "Die From a Broken Heart" or "More Hearts Than Mine"
2. What will be #110? "GOOD TIME"
3. Which songs belong in the top 10? "Die From a Broken Heart", "More Hearts Than Mine", "Bluebird", "Small Town Hypocrite", "I Hope You're Happy Now", "hole in the bottle", "The Stranger", "One Night Standards", "betty", and "Gaslighter"; I'd also like to see "Pretty Heart" and "Starting Over" in there but that seems like a stretch given the quality of the female songs this year. I'd also gather that Mickey's "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?" will be in contention and one also can't rule out Dolly's "When Life Is Good Again".
4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? "GOOD TIME", "Details", "Fire't Up", "God Whispered Your Name", "Some People Do", "One Beer", "Lonely If You Are", "Just the Way", "Cool Again", and "the other girl" (#sorrynotsorry)
5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? "Drinking Alone", "Starting Over", "Be a Light", "I Hope" Least polarizing? "Die From a Broken Heart", "I Hope You're Happy Now", "More Hearts Than Mine"
6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! How will their songs do this year? "Champagne Night" in top 30; "What I'm Leaving For" in top 50
7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? "Gaslighter" top 10; "Sleep At Night" top 20
8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? Top 30
9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? Luke Bryan's "One Margarita" > HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer"
10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Top 45 with "More Than My Hometown" being a top 20 contender
11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? Martina McBride "Girls Like Me" > Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me" > Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You"
12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? Well, if you take into account Lee Brice on "I Hope You're Happy Now” then yes! There's very few other solo songs that I can see making it in with maybe Parker's "Pretty Heart", Tim's "I Called Mama", and Luke's "Six Feet Apart" maybe being the only contenders
13. Will any women make the bottom 10? If there is one it'll likely be "All of the Boys" by Caroline Jones
14. Any other thoughts/predictions? Overall I agree with the consensus that this was a great year for female country artists and not so much for the male artists. Aside from a few standouts, most of the songs by the male vocalists were bland, forgettable, and just rather formulaic.
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Post by d3vin44 on Feb 1, 2021 20:58:09 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? I Hope You’re Happy Now 2. What will be #110? Fire’t Up or however he spells it. 🙄 3. Which songs belong in the top 10? I Hope You’re Happy Now, Die From a Broken Heart, Bluebird, More Hearts Than Mine, Sleep at Night, Cheatin’ Songs, hole in the bottle, What Are You Gonna Tell Her?, One Night Standards, Black Like Me 4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? There are like 40 songs that could/should be in the bottom 10. 5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? I Hope and I Hope You’re Happy Now 6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") I think both with be top 30. 7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? Both will be top 20 8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? I’ll go with #28 9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") One Beer 10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? Better than I want it to. 11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). Jamie 12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? Midland 13. Will any women make the bottom 10? No 14. Any other thoughts/predictions?
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 1, 2021 21:08:42 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? "Bluebird" if all goes well! That said, the actual #1 should be "Her World Or Mine" but that ain't happening lmao.2. What will be #110? I'd say "Lonely If You Are" or "Fire't Up" 3. Which songs belong in the top 10? "Her World Or Mine" (that won't happen tho,) "Drinking Alone, "I Hope," "One Night Standards" The Ingrid Andress tunes, "What Are You Gonna Tell Her," "Somebody Like That" (again no chance lol) are all songs that 100% deserve a top 10 placement.4. Which songs belong in the bottom 10? "Details," "I Should Probably Go To Bed," "One Beer," "Beers & Sunshine," "Long Live" and "I Love My Country" to name a few lol. So many options!5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? Least polarizing? Most: No idea but lots are saying "I Hope" so sure lol. Least: "Fire't Up"6. Lady A won the rankdown last year with "What If I Never Get Over You"! They also made hella controversy this year when they tried to change their name to Lady A in honor of the BLM movement like The Chicks did, and in the process pissed off a black performer named "Lady A" in Seattle for stealing her name How will their songs do this year? ("What I'm Leaving For" and "Champagne Night") I hope both at least miss the top 20, seriously. They are sooo overrated, and they are so bland and generic. "Champagne Night" is kinda good so hopefully that does better than the other song from them, but neither deserve #1 or a top 10 placement so hopefully that doesn't happen. 7. Speaking of The Chicks, they finally gave us new music this year! How will "Gaslighter" and "Sleep At Night" do? I'd say somewhere in the top 50, lol. Idk, I could see them doing super well but also not so well. 8. Since raylatch admitted he ranked her lower than Chase Rice, how do we think Carrie's "Drinking Alone" will do? I'd say probably still top 20, but raylatch's ranking of it will probably be nothing compared to the hatchet job tim does to it lol, I expect it to be super low on his list, maybe even in the 100s!9. Which of the terrible "One Beverage" songs will do better? (HARDY/Lauren/Devin's "One Beer", or Luke Bryan's "One Margarita") "One Beer" will probably do better cuz it has Lauren Alaina in it lmao. Both are HORRENDOUS songs tho and deserve to be out in the bottom 10.10. Morgan Wallen had the biggest hit of the year for the second year in a row! How will "Chasin' You" do? I don't know nor do I care, but I hope "More Than My Hometown" can do extremely well because I love that song!11. We know Pulse loves its middle-aged women! How will this trio of '00s hitmakers fare, and which of them will do the best? (Martina McBride "Girls Like Me", Sara Evans "If I Can't Have You", and Jamie O'Neal "Wreck Me"). Sara probably, then again... it is a cover so maybe not. But I'll still say her, then Martina, then Jamie.12. We already know multiple people think women were making more inspired music this year. Will any men make the top 10? Idk, maybe one or two lol. Any men do make it, it'll probably "Done To Me" by Luke Combs and Eric Church. Or "Ain't Always The Cowboy" by Jon Pardi13. Will any women make the bottom 10? Maybe that Chrissy Metz song. I know people here who love it tho so who knows. If not bottom 10, I doubt she'll make it that far regardless, though. Otherwise I think the ladies might be able to escape bottom 10 this time! Unless "One Beer" is out and you count that as a woman making the bottom 10 cuz Lauren is in it, even tho she's just featured lol. idk.
14. Any other thoughts/predictions? "Her World Or Mine" deserves at least top 40 here, lol. I'm hoping y'all can get it even higher than that tho.ETA: I forgot about "I Hope You're Happy Now" - I agree with d3vin44 I actually think that could sneak up on everyone and be #1. It seems to be generally praised on Pulse, so just maybe.
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