Pulse's Top Songwriters Round 17 (completed)
Feb 7, 2021 16:31:57 GMT -5
Post by nickd on Feb 7, 2021 16:31:57 GMT -5
This is a tournament idea I started working when I was doing the Top Hot 100 Songwriters of All Time list. Each round features a set of songs from various songwriters, and the rankdown results contribute towards a tournament wide ranking of the songwriters.
You can participate even if you didn't take part in previous rounds, all you need to do is rank these twenty songs.
ROUND 17 - Due March 5, 11:59pm EST.
Rank these songs 1 to 20 from best to worst and PM me the list.
...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (writers: Max Martin)
Can You Get To That - Funkadelic (writers: George Clinton, Ernest Harris)
Come Into My World - Kylie Minogue (writers: Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis)
Controversy - Prince (writers: Prince)
DNA. - Kendrick Lamar (writers: Kendrick Lamar, Mike WiLL Made-It)
Even Flow - Pearl Jam (writers: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard)
Everything Is Everything - Ms. Lauryn Hill (writers: Lauryn Hill)
Hard Times - Paramore (writers: Hayley Williams, Taylor York)
Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler (writers: Jim Steinman, Dean Pitchford)
Kill V. Maim - Grimes (writers: Grimes)
Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA (writers: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus)
Let's Fall In Love - Diana Krall (writers: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie (writers: David Bowie)
Open Your Heart - Madonna (writers: Madonna, Gardner Cole, Peter Rafelson)
Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves (writers: Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, Ian Fitchuk)
Smack That - Akon feat. Eminem (writers: Akon, Eminem, Luis Resto, Mike Strange)
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (writers: Andre 3000, Big Boi, Rico Wade, Ray Murray, Sleepy Brown)
Sweet Touch Of Love - Allen Toussaint (writers: Allen Toussaint)
You Don't Even Know Who I Am - Patty Loveless (writers: Gretchen Peters)
You Send Me - Sam Cooke (writers: Sam Cooke)
Round 17 Spotify Playlist
Winners of Past Rounds
Round 1 - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
Round 2 - Higher Ground
Round 3 - Time
Round 4 - Raspberry Beret
Round 5 - Emotions
Round 6 - Together Again
Round 7 - Let's Go Crazy
Round 8 - Little Red Corvette
Round 9 - I Would Die 4 U
Round 10 - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
Round 11 - Flashing Lights
Round 12 - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Round 13 - Stop! In The Name of Love
Round 14 - Rehab
Round 15 - Ray of Light
Round 16 - Hung Up
You can participate even if you didn't take part in previous rounds, all you need to do is rank these twenty songs.
{How songwriters advance to future rounds}
#1-5: The songwriters for the top 5 songs from each round get to advance a new song to the next round. Round 16's top 5 were Da Art of Storytellin Pt 1, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), Hung Up, Merry Go 'Round and Wesley's Theory so their songwriters get to place songs in round 17.
#6-10: Songwriters that rank #6-10 will eventually get a second chance but not until at least a few rounds later. That's why there are songs by songwriters that almost made the top five in earlier rounds (Prince, Max Martin, Lauryn Hill, Paramore, Sam Cooke and Arlen & Koehler). More specifically, songwriters that finish 6th re-enter 3 rounds later, songwriters that finish 7th re-enter 4 rounds later, songwriters that finish 8th re-enter 5 rounds later, songwriters that finish 9th re-enter 6 rounds later and songwriters that finish 10th re-enter 7 rounds later.
#11-20: Songwriters that finish in the bottom ten can also eventually get a second chance 8 rounds later, but only if they get enough nominations, as happened with David Bowie in this round. You can only nominate one eligible songwriter per round. You can nominate the same songwriter for multiple consecutive rounds if they did not win the most nominations up until that point.
Sometimes it can be difficult to adhere to these rules due to songs having multiple writers that don't always work together and often work with others and it gets messy, especially with big names like Max Martin and Timbaland who worked with a huge variety of other songwriters, but I'll try to get things to sync up as close as possible.
#1-5: The songwriters for the top 5 songs from each round get to advance a new song to the next round. Round 16's top 5 were Da Art of Storytellin Pt 1, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), Hung Up, Merry Go 'Round and Wesley's Theory so their songwriters get to place songs in round 17.
#6-10: Songwriters that rank #6-10 will eventually get a second chance but not until at least a few rounds later. That's why there are songs by songwriters that almost made the top five in earlier rounds (Prince, Max Martin, Lauryn Hill, Paramore, Sam Cooke and Arlen & Koehler). More specifically, songwriters that finish 6th re-enter 3 rounds later, songwriters that finish 7th re-enter 4 rounds later, songwriters that finish 8th re-enter 5 rounds later, songwriters that finish 9th re-enter 6 rounds later and songwriters that finish 10th re-enter 7 rounds later.
#11-20: Songwriters that finish in the bottom ten can also eventually get a second chance 8 rounds later, but only if they get enough nominations, as happened with David Bowie in this round. You can only nominate one eligible songwriter per round. You can nominate the same songwriter for multiple consecutive rounds if they did not win the most nominations up until that point.
Sometimes it can be difficult to adhere to these rules due to songs having multiple writers that don't always work together and often work with others and it gets messy, especially with big names like Max Martin and Timbaland who worked with a huge variety of other songwriters, but I'll try to get things to sync up as close as possible.
ROUND 17 - Due March 5, 11:59pm EST.
Rank these songs 1 to 20 from best to worst and PM me the list.
...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (writers: Max Martin)
Can You Get To That - Funkadelic (writers: George Clinton, Ernest Harris)
Come Into My World - Kylie Minogue (writers: Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis)
Controversy - Prince (writers: Prince)
DNA. - Kendrick Lamar (writers: Kendrick Lamar, Mike WiLL Made-It)
Even Flow - Pearl Jam (writers: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard)
Everything Is Everything - Ms. Lauryn Hill (writers: Lauryn Hill)
Hard Times - Paramore (writers: Hayley Williams, Taylor York)
Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler (writers: Jim Steinman, Dean Pitchford)
Kill V. Maim - Grimes (writers: Grimes)
Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA (writers: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus)
Let's Fall In Love - Diana Krall (writers: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Moonage Daydream - David Bowie (writers: David Bowie)
Open Your Heart - Madonna (writers: Madonna, Gardner Cole, Peter Rafelson)
Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves (writers: Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, Ian Fitchuk)
Smack That - Akon feat. Eminem (writers: Akon, Eminem, Luis Resto, Mike Strange)
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (writers: Andre 3000, Big Boi, Rico Wade, Ray Murray, Sleepy Brown)
Sweet Touch Of Love - Allen Toussaint (writers: Allen Toussaint)
You Don't Even Know Who I Am - Patty Loveless (writers: Gretchen Peters)
You Send Me - Sam Cooke (writers: Sam Cooke)
Round 17 Spotify Playlist
Winners of Past Rounds
Round 1 - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
Round 2 - Higher Ground
Round 3 - Time
Round 4 - Raspberry Beret
Round 5 - Emotions
Round 6 - Together Again
Round 7 - Let's Go Crazy
Round 8 - Little Red Corvette
Round 9 - I Would Die 4 U
Round 10 - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
Round 11 - Flashing Lights
Round 12 - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Round 13 - Stop! In The Name of Love
Round 14 - Rehab
Round 15 - Ray of Light
Round 16 - Hung Up