Modern All Time List Rankdown (FINISHED)

[mikerivera]

The Pulse web servers keep crashing on me, so if there’s a huge gap in me being able to post the next reveal, that’s why. We’re almost at the finish line, so please servers, just hold on for a little longer

[mikerivera]

May 21, 2022 13:37:26 GMT -5 312999 said:

May 21, 2022 13:36:01 GMT -5 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker said:

The one time I didn't fully tank Billie Jean...predictable AF

I mean, why should anybody tank it. It is a great song.

Both Billie Jean and Bohemian Rhapsody are great songs that no one should tank

[mikerivera]

And with Bohemian Rhapsody falling out, that means the top song of the 1970s is

3. September - Earth, Wind & Fire

(This is the best mashup I’ve ever heard in my life btw, please give it a listen)
Points: 969
Average: 27.69
Standard Deviation: 23.683

Mr. Thonk Eyes 2
BB🌕 3
jred 3
Optical Apex 3
wrip 3
singingrulebritannia 4
𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 5
woods 5
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker 6
nathanalbright 6
312999 8
@crapkuki23 8
mikerivera 8
samo🦕 9
AwesomePostMalone 18
khan 19
Vic 21
Kanenrá:ke 23
Red 23
alexcuse 24
ilikemilk 26
twigs 30
emerald 32
aerodynamite 33
anthony11554 36
@imhappy259 44
ccarter1023 45
beyoncelover 53
Doc Indie Party Rock 57
Fire 57
Abbaschand 67
joshtheking 68
Rose "Payola" Nylund 68
chanman 75
toomuchboy 77

SPOILER: Click to show

{The Top Two}
Billie Jean
Take On Me

[mikerivera]

Alright, we’re down to two 80s titans. Take On Me vs Billie Jean. Which one will come out on top?

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

How the fuck is Billie Jean a great song, let alone MJs best, LET ALONE A SUPPOSED ICON OF THE 80S?!?

- Basic as fuck bass line with the same repetitive notes over and and over

- Basic as fuck lyrics that only last 2 subpart verses, one pre chorus and one chorus repeated until you're nauseous.

- Basic as fuck music video. Ooh I can make the lights glow when I walk, ooh there's split screen, SOOOO IMPRESSIVE SENPAI

The ONLY prop I will give it is the Moonwalk and even THAT IS PUSHING IT

[Fire]

2 v 24

Fully expecting my 24 to win but both are great songs so i dont really mind either way

[mikerivera]

There could only be one. The song that came in second place is the quintessential 80s new wave song. 

2. Take On Me - a-Ha

Points: 927
Average: 26.49
Standard Deviation: 23.067

Abbaschand 2
Fire 2
Mr. Thonk Eyes 3
312999 4
emerald 4
nathanalbright 4
joshtheking 6
mikerivera 6
wrip 6
BB🌕 9
singingrulebritannia 9
@crapkuki23 10
@imhappy259 10
alexcuse 11
anthony11554 13
Red 13
Optical Apex 16
woods 16
Doc Indie Party Rock 17
khan 21
samo🦕 25
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker 29
ilikemilk 30
ccarter1023 33
Rose "Payola" Nylund 44
jred 48
twigs 48
chanman 49
Vic 49
AwesomePostMalone 50
toomuchboy 53
Kanenrá:ke 64
beyoncelover 65
aerodynamite 76
𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 82


So that means that the grand winner of this list is

Congrats Mr. Thonk Eyes and woods

1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

Points: 851
Average: 24.31
Standard Deviation: 19.693 (5th Lowest)

Mr. Thonk Eyes 1
woods 1
@crapkuki23 2
emerald 2
singingrulebritannia 2
anthony11554 3
ccarter1023 3
beyoncelover 4
Red 6
@imhappy259 12
twigs 12
BB🌕 13
joshtheking 13
312999 15
Abbaschand 16
wrip 16
mikerivera 21
aerodynamite 23
Fire 24
toomuchboy 24
Vic 24
samo🦕 27
alexcuse 28
jred 31
nathanalbright 31
ilikemilk 33
chanman 36
Kanenrá:ke 38
khan 41
𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 43
Doc Indie Party Rock 45
Optical Apex 52
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker 66
AwesomePostMalone 69
Rose "Payola" Nylund 74

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Yay woo go team go oh who cares

Thanks for hosting Mike 👍

[mikerivera]

Thank you all for playing this game! It was a lot of work and I don’t know that I’ll ever do this again, but it was a ton of fun to host, largely thanks to all of you. Let’s finalize the closeness standings and the perfect ranks

Closeness
1. CrapGuy 12.92
2. Joshtheking 14.97
3. BB🌞 15.71
4. red 15.94
5. wrip 16.39
6. ValleyGhost01 16.44
7. Mr. Thonk Eyes 17
8. Abbaschand 17.75
9. jsr4l 17.96
10. Singingrulebritannia 18.11
11. MikeRivera 18.61
12. Fire 19.2
13. aerodynamite 21.18
14. Nathanalbright 21.33
15. Samo 22.02
16. Khan 22.08
17. AwesomePostMalone 22.2
18. Anthony11554 22.38
19. alexcuse 23.86
20. 312999 24.06
21. Kanenra 24.57
22. twigs 24.66
23. CJ3 25.34
24. Vic 25.6
25. jred 25.84
26. Rose Knows Nyland 26.25
27. Doc Indie Party Rock 26.46
28. woods 26.66
29. ccarter1023 26.94
30. imhappy259 27
31. toomuchboy 27.64
32. beyoncelover 30.06
33. ilikemilk 31.18
34. Gen VB 32.66
35. Chanman 33.63

Perfect rankings
1. Abbaschand 5
2. Mr. Thonk Eyes 5
3. CrapGuy 4
4. Gen VB 4
5. jsr4l 4
6. Wrip 4
7. BB🌞 3
8. Chanman 3
9. joshtheking 3
10. Nathanalbright 3
11. jred 3
12. Samo 3
13. Valleyghost01 3
14. alexcuse 2
15. Beyoncelover 2
16. ccarter1023 2
17. Doc Indie Party Rock 2
18. Fire 2
19. Kanenra 2
20. MikeRivera 2
21. Vic 2
22. 312999 1
23. Anthony11554 1
24. ilikemilk 1
25. imhappy259 1
26. Khan 1
27. singingrulebritannia 1
28. Woods 1
Everyone else: 0

[Fire]

thanks for hosting mike, you did an amazing job for your first rankdown!! :)

[312999]

Shameless plug, but I have not gotten a list in 2 weeks. Right now the number 1 is a bit unexpected and the highest SD right now is a shocker to me. Would love to see most of you, if not, all submit.  Thanks for hosting! 10 days remaining.

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/210679/90s-hit-wonders-rankdown-31

[zippy]

September, Take On Me, and Billie Jean are songs I've heard a lot of times. Yet, Billie Jean hasn't worn out on me as much as September, and to a greater extent, not as much as Take On Me.

[Optical Apex]

Both 2 and 3 had no #1? Wow

[Deleted]

Wow this was awesome! Thanks for hosting mikerivera

[Abbaschand]

After the "Thriller" that I did, I don't think I even deserved to be in a "Gangsta's Paradise".
Those "Blinding Lights" caught up to me in the middle of "September".
"'Beat It'!", I said to them, it felt like that operatic part in "Bohemian Rhapsody".
But suddenly, you arrived and it ended the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" of mine.
I finally learn that "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" moment.
Thank you, because you actually "Take On Me", my sweet "Billie Jean".

Africa incident aside, I think this is my best performance in any rankdown ever. 8th in Closeness, 1st in Perfect Rankings. What more could I say?

Thank you for doing this rankdown, mikerivera.

[singingrulebritannia]

May 21, 2022 13:28:40 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Typical selfishness on the part of Queen. If they sat on this song just a little longer, they could have asked Mac Dre to fill the role he was born to play, and together they would have created The One Song That Is Impossible To Dislike

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

let's do these by scrolling down one song at a time to keep the suspence boner alive.

10. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
I always loved the buildup of this song. It's like a Meatloaf song he never wrote.

9. Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio f/L.V.
Not much to say except that I wasn't the lowest ranker for this song? Surprising. 

8. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
I've said my peace on this song. It feels like if I would put a DIAMANTE song in my top 10 songs of all time so I guess to that extent it makes sencse. Also If I wanna listen to new Retrowave I just tune the dial and look for Reckless Love.

7. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
New Wave with a touch of early Synthpop. A top song from what is arguably the best year in music ever. with three more still to go.

6. Thriller - Michael Jackson
This might be my favorite of the Michael Jackson tracks depending on whet time of the year we are in. If you are a fan of mean basslines look no further.

5. Beat It - Michael Jackson
Sometimes I wanna slot this one higher than "Thriller", but it just isn't as epic as "Thriller". It does rock nicely sandwiched in between an 80's mixtape.

4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Epic jam. I love evrything haters hate about it. Including the fact that I have heard it one zillion times on the radio and by choice. IMOP it should have won. It throws everything into it, but the kitchen sink and breaks all music barriers, but still rocks my way. The ranks are pretty scattered. If you gave this song anything below a #20 you should be tagged #RayFoster..and those who saw the movie know exactly what I mean.

3. September - Earth, Wind & Fire
I don't come across this one that much. I'm more familiar with "Let's Groove" and my favorite "Boogie Wonderland" that has everything to do with the Emotions cameo vocals. This is still a great song. One of their best.

2.Take On Me - a-Ha
Synthpop at it finest hour. A classic that misses my top 10, but is still one of my 1985 favs of that year. Blame it on all those Queen songs this list featured. After all these years I still go off key a little in that last scream. This one is somehow harder for me to hold that Brad Delp's "More Than A Feeling" note. The upside to that story is that I can play "Take On Me"'s  synth chord progression like a pro.

1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
This settles it. 1983 is not only the best year in music, but the 80's era of music slays all, and I fully agree. This has never been my favorite Michael Jackson song (the lyrics never struck me as the best theme for a song) , but it rides on Bassline Fireball and it had enough gass to go to the top.

mikerivera

Really cool idea for an RD. 80's era slays all. I rest my case. 

[joshtheking]

This was really fun, thank you for hosting mike!!

[joshtheking]

Does anyone have a list of the full order?

[AwesomePostMalone]

I think this is the first time I’ve ever gotten top half in closeness lmao

Thank you mike for hosting, this was a wild one!

[AwesomePostMalone]

May 22, 2022 4:18:17 GMT -5 joshtheking said:

Does anyone have a list of the full order?

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
2. Take On Me - a-Ha
3. September - Earth, Wind & Fire
4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
5. Beat It - Michael Jackson
6. Thriller - Michael Jackson
7. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
8. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
9. Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio f/LV
10. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
11. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
12. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
13. Africa - Toto
14. Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
15. In the End - Linkin Park
16. Dancing Queen - ABBA
17. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
18. Paint it, Black - The Rolling Stones
19. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
20. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
21. Lose Yourself - Eminem
22. Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
23. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
24. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars
25. Hey Jude - The Beatles
26. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
27. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
28. Careless Whisper - George Michael
29. Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
30. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
31. Every Breath You Take - The Police
32. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra
33. Pokerface - Lady Gaga
34. Zombie - The Cranberries
35. Numb - Linkin Park
36. Hotel California - Eagles
37. The Scientist - Coldplay
38. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
39. Counting Stars - One Republic
40. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
41. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
42. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
43. Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey
44. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
45. Without Me - Eminem
46. All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
47. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
48. Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N Roses
49. Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
50. Enter Sandman - Metallica
51. We Are the Champions - Queen
52. Love Story - Taylor Swift
53. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
54. We Will Rock You - Queen
55. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
56. Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira f/Wyclef Jean
57. Wonderwall- Oasis
58. Somebody to Love - Queen
59. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
60. Old Town Road - Lil Nas X f/Billy Ray Cyrus
61. Someone Like You - Adele
62. Last Christmas - Wham!
63. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
64. Livin’ On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
65. I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas
66. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
67. Back in Black - AC/DC
68. Till I Collapse - Eminem f/Nate Dogg
69. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
70. The Final Countdown - Europe
71. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
72. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
73. Halo - Beyoncé
74. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
75. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
76. Hello - Adele
77. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
78. Gangnam Style - Psy
79. November Rain - Guns N Roses
80. Wind of Change - Scorpions
81. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
82. You’re the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
83. Lean On - Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake
84. Thunderstruck - AC/DC
85. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa f/Charlie Puth
86. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 f/Christian Aguilera
87. Happy - Pharrell Williams
88. (Everything I Do) I Do it For You - Bryan Adams
89. Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
90. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
91. Closer - The Chainsmokers & Halsey
92. Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
93. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
94. All of Me - John Legend
95. Perfect - Ed Sheeran
96. I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
97. Sugar - Maroon 5
98. Dance Monkey - Tones & I
99. Let Her Go - Passenger
100. Girls Like You - Maroon 5 f/Cardi B

[khan]

Aw cmon if a Michael Jackson song had to win it couldn't be Thriller? Oh well there's no real losers here, this list was banger after banger after banger. Thanks so much for calculating the list and putting this on Mike. It was... I was gonna say interesting but that'd be a lie when it's the only non-Hot 100 rankdown where I knew every song going in lol, but it sure was one of the most fun ever!

[joshtheking]

May 22, 2022 12:41:46 GMT -5 AwesomePostMalone said:

May 22, 2022 4:18:17 GMT -5 joshtheking said:

Does anyone have a list of the full order?

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}1. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
2. Take On Me - a-Ha
3. September - Earth, Wind & Fire
4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
5. Beat It - Michael Jackson
6. Thriller - Michael Jackson
7. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
8. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
9. Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio f/LV
10. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
11. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
12. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
13. Africa - Toto
14. Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
15. In the End - Linkin Park
16. Dancing Queen - ABBA
17. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
18. Paint it, Black - The Rolling Stones
19. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
20. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
21. Lose Yourself - Eminem
22. Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
23. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
24. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars
25. Hey Jude - The Beatles
26. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
27. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
28. Careless Whisper - George Michael
29. Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
30. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
31. Every Breath You Take - The Police
32. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra
33. Pokerface - Lady Gaga
34. Zombie - The Cranberries
35. Numb - Linkin Park
36. Hotel California - Eagles
37. The Scientist - Coldplay
38. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
39. Counting Stars - One Republic
40. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
41. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
42. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
43. Don’t Stop Believin’ - Journey
44. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
45. Without Me - Eminem
46. All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
47. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
48. Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N Roses
49. Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
50. Enter Sandman - Metallica
51. We Are the Champions - Queen
52. Love Story - Taylor Swift
53. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
54. We Will Rock You - Queen
55. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
56. Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira f/Wyclef Jean
57. Wonderwall- Oasis
58. Somebody to Love - Queen
59. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
60. Old Town Road - Lil Nas X f/Billy Ray Cyrus
61. Someone Like You - Adele
62. Last Christmas - Wham!
63. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
64. Livin’ On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
65. I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas
66. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
67. Back in Black - AC/DC
68. Till I Collapse - Eminem f/Nate Dogg
69. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
70. The Final Countdown - Europe
71. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
72. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
73. Halo - Beyoncé
74. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
75. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
76. Hello - Adele
77. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
78. Gangnam Style - Psy
79. November Rain - Guns N Roses
80. Wind of Change - Scorpions
81. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
82. You’re the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
83. Lean On - Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake
84. Thunderstruck - AC/DC
85. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa f/Charlie Puth
86. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 f/Christian Aguilera
87. Happy - Pharrell Williams
88. (Everything I Do) I Do it For You - Bryan Adams
89. Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
90. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
91. Closer - The Chainsmokers & Halsey
92. Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
93. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
94. All of Me - John Legend
95. Perfect - Ed Sheeran
96. I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
97. Sugar - Maroon 5
98. Dance Monkey - Tones & I
99. Let Her Go - Passenger
100. Girls Like You - Maroon 5 f/Cardi B

thank you so much!

[beyoncelover]

Comments on 10-1:


10. I love "Total Eclipse of the Heart." I wasn't expecting it to make the Top 10 and would have preferred a few other songs to make it there over this but I don't mind this being here. A great song!

9. Ooh omg I'm kinda surprised I had "Gangsta's Paradise" at 11th as I thought this was my #4, lmao. I am sure two of the MJ songs are my highest ranks. But anyway, yayy I do love this song and so glad to see it ranked as the top song of the 1990s! This song is such a classic to me!

8. I'm still so pleasantly surprised at how "Blinding Lights" made it all the way to #8 with being the newest and youngest song of this list. I do love this song but struggled on how to rank this amongst songs so much older than this. I could have ranked it higher than 25th, honestly. But eh, it still did really well and I'm happy for it. Nice at no Bottom 15 rankings for this.

7. Love/really like "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and good on this making it to #7. I don't love it nearly as much to rank it this high but again, this is a great classic song that I do really enjoy!

6. Aww I'm sad that "Thriller" couldn't have pulled out the win or be the last standing Michael Jackson track, but this is such an iconic song, video and just an overall piece of music! I'm glad that this made it all the way to #6 as I was just really hoping for Top 10 for this! Glad to see that this didn't have any Bottom 30 ranks either! :omg:

5. Love "Beat It" and this is another one of the many iconic songs from Michael Jackson. It was my least favorite of his songs of the three, so I am bummed that it beat out "Thriller." But not too bummed as I do still really love this song. Ugh now I'm getting worried that two of my lower ranked songs could win, lmao. Nicee that this has the 7th lowest standard deviation.

4. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a classic iconic song and it's a shame that this couldn't have won when it was looking pretty destined to achieve that. :( I do love this and think it's a fantastic song even if it's not one of my top personal favorites.

3. "September" is a great classic song that I do really enjoy a lot. It's not one of those songs I would play on my own but I enjoy it whenever I listen to it. I would have preferred BoRhap as the last standing song from the '70s but this is a good choice for that honor. Impressive how this got to 3rd with no #1 rankings.

OMGG wow.... so it's my #4 vs. my #65 (my lowest rank of the Top 10). Really hoping for my #4 to win.....

2. Oooh phew, that was scary. "Take on Me" is a great classic song from the '80s. But it's never been one of my favorites, song I really love or a song I play on my own. But I do like and enjoy it whenever I do listen to it. Just glad it didn't win, haha. But I get the strong love of it from others! It's impressive how this got to #2 without any #1 rankings.

1. Yayy I really love "Billie Jean," which was my 2nd highest ranked song of the Top 10 at #4. Lovee this and soo happy to see this win the whole game! This is a great classic and memorable song from Michael. Nice to see this not get any Bottom 25 rankings either. And wow 5th lowest standard deviation is impressive - all of Michael's songs were in the lowest 10 S.D.'s. :o

Ooof ouch at coming in 32nd with a 30.06 score in closeness ranks. Not so good, lol.

Thanks for hosting this game, Mike. This was a lot of fun to be apart of especially as this was one of my first rankdown games here!

[zippy]

Again, just because Blinding Lights is a relatively new song doesn't mean it couldn't or shouldn't do well in a rankdown like this. I haven't seen other rankdowns in this forum that included The Weeknd's songs, but given the song's popularity, positive reception, and strong 80s vibes, it doesn't surprise me to see it finish right next to the other classics from the 70s/80s while hit songs from Maroon 5 or Ed Sheeran are easier to dislike. Personally, I would have ranked Blinding Lights in my top 30 somewhere along with Thriller, Billie Jean, and Gangsta's Paradise.

[nathanalbright]

Thanks for hosting, and good job everyone for making this such a popcorn worthy reveal of meltdowns and hot takes.

[beyoncelover]

May 22, 2022 17:35:58 GMT -5 zippy said:

Again, just because Blinding Lights is a relatively new song doesn't mean it couldn't or shouldn't do well in a rankdown like this. I haven't seen other rankdowns in this forum that included The Weeknd's songs, but given the song's popularity, positive reception, and strong 80s vibes, it doesn't surprise me to see it finish right next to the other classics from the 70s/80s while hit songs from Maroon 5 or Ed Sheeran are easier to dislike. Personally, I would have ranked Blinding Lights in my top 30 somewhere along with Thriller, Billie Jean, and Gangsta's Paradise.

I completely agree. I love "Blinding Lights" and am glad to see it do really well here and was able to stand against the more classic songs, since a lot of the 2010 songs didn't do as well.