90s One Hit Wonders Rankdown - Winner revealed

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Jun 3, 2022 12:10:07 GMT -5 CF15 said:

It's hard to imagine any of my bottom five being in the top five of the rankdown, but then again, I also didn't think this site defended "Pop Champagne". So I guess I should be prepared for anything.

Pulse: The Land Where Alcohol Reigns Supreme!

[312999]

Another one hit wonder is this nice rap dance song, at least in my opinion. I can see why it is not everyones cup of tea though. Freak Nasty apparently had another song 11 years later in 2007 peaking at 45, which is strange. This songs chorus was mentioned by Cardi B in the song Bodak Yellow in one of the verses where she says "I put my hand above my hip I bet, you dip, he dip, she dip". Probably would have been in my top 20 maybe top 10 if it was included on the list.

[Optical Apex]

Jun 3, 2022 13:03:27 GMT -5 312999 said:

Another one hit wonder is this nice rap dance song, at least in my opinion. I can see why it is not everyones cup of tea though. Freak Nasty apparently had another song 11 years later in 2007 peaking at 45, which is strange. This songs chorus was mentioned by Cardi B in the song Bodak Yellow in one of the verses where she says "I put my hand above my hip I bet, you dip, he dip, she dip". Probably would have been in my top 20 maybe top 10 if it was included on the list.

That other Freak Nasty song that charted in 2007, "Do It Just Like A Rockstar", charted only because people on ITunes confused it for "Party Like A Rock Star" when it was first becoming popular. [It peaked at 45 yet only spent 3 total chart weeks on the Hot 100]

[312999]

Jun 4, 2022 8:25:02 GMT -5 Optical Apex said:

Jun 3, 2022 13:03:27 GMT -5 312999 said:

Another one hit wonder is this nice rap dance song, at least in my opinion. I can see why it is not everyones cup of tea though. Freak Nasty apparently had another song 11 years later in 2007 peaking at 45, which is strange. This songs chorus was mentioned by Cardi B in the song Bodak Yellow in one of the verses where she says "I put my hand above my hip I bet, you dip, he dip, she dip". Probably would have been in my top 20 maybe top 10 if it was included on the list.

That other Freak Nasty song that charted in 2007, "Do It Just Like A Rockstar", charted only because people on ITunes confused it for "Party Like A Rock Star" when it was first becoming popular. [It peaked at 45 yet only spent 3 total chart weeks on the Hot 100]

LMFAO that’s funny, how were people even confusing it.

[CF15]

Jun 4, 2022 8:37:42 GMT -5 312999 said:

Jun 4, 2022 8:25:02 GMT -5 Optical Apex said:

That other Freak Nasty song that charted in 2007, "Do It Just Like A Rockstar", charted only because people on ITunes confused it for "Party Like A Rock Star" when it was first becoming popular. [It peaked at 45 yet only spent 3 total chart weeks on the Hot 100]

LMFAO that’s funny, how were people even confusing it.

Because of the similar title, I'm guessing. I think I also heard something about this costing "Party Like A Rockstar" a #1 peak, or something. I may be mistaken on that, I'm not sure.

[312999]

And this is finally closed. Hope I can start reveals tomorrow but if not then Monday.

Few fun facts.

Like I said, only 1 song has NO bottom 10 ranks, and it is NOT in the top 5.
Every song in the top 5 has a bottom 5 rank, so someone will not be happy.
At least 1 number 1 and 1 number 50 will be lost in the bottom 10 and top 10.
4 songs have no top 10 ranks, but 3 of the highest ranks are 11, and the other is 14, and one of them is NOT in the bottom 10.
2 songs have 6 number 1 ranks which is the most ranks with number 1s.
1 song has 6 50 ranks which is the most ranks with number 50s.
There is 1 tie barely in the top 10 at 10 and 9, I will break the tie breaker from highest rank.
In my opinion, there are a lot of surprises, including some songs that are top 10 highest SD and top 10 lowest SD.
I find some songs in the top 10 surprising, but Idk if it will be surprising to you guys.
I will mention other fun facts along the way during the reveals.

Unfortunately, I did NOT track the movements of each list, maybe I will do it after the reveals Idk, but I will briefly mention from memory where each song was at one point. I will try to post closeness after each reveal but if not, after every 5 or 10 reveals. 

And now for the survey

1. What song do you think is the winner, or making the top 5 or even top 10.
2. What song do you think is the last place, or making the bottom 5 or bottom 10.
3. What song do you think is the highest standard deviation and what position will it end up.
4. What song do you think is the lowest standard deviation and what position will it end up.
5. What do you think is the only song with NO bottom 10 ranks.
6. What 4 songs do you think are the songs with NO top 10 ranks.
7. Do NOT say the song name but just say what top 10 rank of yours do you expect to lose first and around what position.
8. Do NOT say the song name but just say what bottom 10 rank of yours do you expect to last the longest and around what position. 
9. Who do you think will have the best closeness.
10. Who do you think will have the worst closeness.
11. Do you think we will lose a 1 at 50? or a 50 at 1? what do you think is more likely to happen, and will we experience at least 1 of those, or both, or neither.
12. Any other predictions or thoughts that you have.

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[Optical Apex]

I feel like Lullaby and I Love Your Way will be bottom 5. Otherwise, I'm not sure. You Only Get What You Give will probably be top 5, same with "Return of the Mack" and "Love You Always Forever". I think Deelite, "Rump Shaker", "What's Up", "One of Us", and "Baby Got Back" will have the top SD's

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Drunk Prediction: Macarena will be Top 5 SD because people hate fun

I'll make my full predictions once I wake up

[SHOOTER]

Jun 4, 2022 12:10:57 GMT -5 CF15 said:

Jun 4, 2022 8:37:42 GMT -5 312999 said:

LMFAO that’s funny, how were people even confusing it.

Because of the similar title, I'm guessing. I think I also heard something about this costing "Party Like A Rockstar" a #1 peak, or something. I may be mistaken on that, I'm not sure.

Freak Nasty’s song was mistakenly titled Party Like a Rockstar on iTunes at first plus it was digitally released before the Shop Boyz track so it got about 30,000 accidental downloads by default. Shop Boyz were getting all the airplay obviously but, by the time their song was released digitally, it only had enough sales to get to #2.

[ccarter1023]

312999

1. What song do you think is the winner, or making the top 5 or even top 10. This is a random guess – “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry
2. What song do you think is the last place, or making the bottom 5 or bottom 10. “Lemon Tree” by Fools Garden
3. What song do you think is the highest standard deviation and what position will it end up. Maybe “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes. It will end up around #25.
4. What song do you think is the lowest standard deviation and what position will it end up. “Return Of The Mack” by Mark Morrison. It will end up around #8.
5. What do you think is the only song with NO bottom 10 ranks. This is another random guess - “No Rain” by Blind Melon
6. What 4 songs do you think are the songs with NO top 10 ranks. “Lemon Tree”, “A Girl Like You”, “Big Big World”, “ You”
7. Do NOT say the song name but just say what top 10 rank of yours do you expect to lose first and around what position. My #6 will probably exit the rankdown around #43.
8. Do NOT say the song name but just say what bottom 10 rank of yours do you expect to last the longest and around what position. My #46 will probably last until #19
9. Who do you think will have the best closeness. I have no idea.
10. Who do you think will have the worst closeness. Again, no clue.
11. Do you think we will lose a 1 at 50? or a 50 at 1? what do you think is more likely to happen, and will we experience at least 1 of those, or both, or neither. I do not think either of those scenarios will happen.
12. Any other predictions or thoughts that you have. I have a feeling that we’re in for a bumpy ride with lots of shocking results. Bring it on!

[CF15]

Sure, I'll take a stab at it.
1. What song do you think is the winner, or making the top 5 or even top 10.
This is a tough one. This can go in so many different ways. I'll guess that "You Get What You Give" is a definite contender to win. "Your Woman", "I Love You Always Forever", "Return of the Mack", and "I Know" are safe bets. I'll say that "I Wish" and "Jump Around" can definitely contend for the top ten, as well as "Groove Is in the Heart".

2. What song do you think is the last place, or making the bottom 5 or bottom 10.
This is one I can easily get wrong, since a song I found to be an in-one-ear-and-out-the-other kind of thing might actually be well liked on this site. But I'm confident that "One More Try" and "Lullaby" will both be very low. Maybe something like "Mouth" and "The One and Only" will be down there, too. "Show Me Heaven" also seemed pretty forgettable. "Inside", "Big Big World", and "Would I Lie To You" could be contenders, too. Hoping for "Informer", "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)", "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)", "Breakfast At Tiffany's" and "Baby, I Love Your Way" can escape the bottom 10, but it would be a miracle if they all do.

3. What song do you think is the highest standard deviation and what position will it end up.
I can see some in the top ten, such as "Groove Is in the Heart" and "Jump Around". "Tubthumping" has always been very polarizing around here, too. Maybe "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" and "Rump Shaker", but I imagine those two will be lower (around 30 for "Rump Shaker" and 35-40 for "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"). "One of Us" could also be polarizing, since I know it has its defenders as well as its naysayers, and I predict it will finish right around the middle.

4. What song do you think is the lowest standard deviation and what position will it end up.
Hard to say, but I imagine it will be some of the ones I predicted for the bottom 10 that are forgettable.

5. What do you think is the only song with NO bottom 10 ranks.
I have no idea. I'll guess "Crush". It seems inoffensive enough, and I think it is a very nice song.

6. What 4 songs do you think are the songs with NO top 10 ranks.
See my answer to question number 4.

7. Do NOT say the song name but just say what top 10 rank of yours do you expect to lose first and around what position.
My #5. It is one of the ones I mentioned as a bottom-ten contender.

8. Do NOT say the song name but just say what bottom 10 rank of yours do you expect to last the longest and around what position.
I'm almost certain it's either my #45 or my #50. One of those was among my predictions for the highest standard deviations.

9. Who do you think will have the best closeness.
Interesting question for this, lol. I've noticed rowellfarm, Mr. Thonk Eyes, aerodynamite, CrapGuy, and Juanca usually do quite well in these, so that's my best guess. I somehow feel that maybe you put this question because it's a trick question and the answer is the last thing we expect?

10. Who do you think will have the worst closeness.
Jug is the obvious choice. ilikemilk is another possibility. I think I'll do okay, but again, I can never be too sure with this site, these days.

11. Do you think we will lose a 1 at 50? or a 50 at 1? what do you think is more likely to happen, and will we experience at least 1 of those, or both, or neither.
I can see both happening. A #1 rank in last place overall seems to happen more often, but then again, "Lights" won that 2012 rankdown in spite of not one but even two last-place ranks.

12. Any other predictions or thoughts that you have.
I hope I don't get murdered because there was a well-loved song here that I assumed was something no one cared about.

[312999]

Here is another not so good fact that I just realized.

Every single person except for 1 (won't name) will lose at least 1 top 10 before the top half.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

The day I get best closeness in a RD is the day I boardicide

[312999]

Reveals if everything goes well could begin right after 7 Pm Pacific time today. :) I will try to reveal the first 10 maybe.

[312999]

Another one hit wonder is this song from Fiona Apple. Her only charting song on Billboard. Honestly, this song doesn't really do much for me, but I think a lot of people enjoy this one, so here you go.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Jun 5, 2022 15:12:10 GMT -5 312999 said:

Another one hit wonder is this song from Fiona Apple. Her only charting song on Billboard. Honestly, this song doesn't really do much for me, but I think a lot of people enjoy this one, so here you go.

Depending on the competition, this would be a possible #1 contender for me.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I don’t know if I’ll get to make predictions with the questions posed earlier before the reveals start but one prediction I might make is that Deee Light challenges for number one. And Return of the Mack.

[312999]

50 will be revealed in about 10 to 20 minutes. We lose 6 50 ranks and 6 49 ranks. This was a very not liked song. We lose 2 top 10s, but, is one of them a number 1? or is it not. What song could this be? We will find out shortly.


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[CF15]

"Lullaby" is my guess.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Oh, I don’t even know what song on the list would be this disliked as there’s nothing I’d consider universally unlikeable, even if there were some I didn’t care for. It could very well be something like Lullaby, or whatever my #50 was.

[312999]

May 11, 2022 10:56:57 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

I'm just going to be happy if my 1 is not last and my last is not 1 lmfao.

Um.... about that.... Although I wish it wasn't last but I am not surprised. But, will your 50 be 1? We will just have to find out.

50. Timmy T - One More Try

Yea, I have always liked this song. Not surprised it is hated, was hoping it would not be last but oh well. I just love songs like this honestly, even if it is very cheesy, generic, horrible voice. I guess hardly anyone feels this way about these kinds of songs. This song and the 49 were alternating between last place often. So yes, we did lose a 1 at 50.

Points - 1571
Standard Deviation - 11.43790832

1 - ilikemilk
7 - 312999
23 - gardyfan
26 - annoymous1
26 - CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker
33 - weaver
33 - chanman
37 - alexcuse
39 - Cody Wants Out...
40 - ccarter1023
40 - beyoncelover
41 - 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾
41 - RoseColoredGirl
42 - gonecountry
44 - castleoblivion26
44 - Az Paynter
44 - Rose "Payola" Nylund
44 - OCDave
44 - bigd79
45 - Optical Apex
46 - Juanca
46 - janinho
47 - CF15
48 - wheatsquares33
48 - khan
48 - nathanalbright
49 - singingrulebritannia
49 - BB🌕
49 - Mr. Thonk Eyes
49 - American Idiot
49 - Mirago
49 - rowellfarm490
50 - emerald
50 - @crapkuki23
50 - Gonza'90
50 - aerodynamite
50 - Soulsista
50 - SHOOTER

[312999]

Meh. I expected this I guess. :( But still, I am in the rare minority that loves this song.

[annoymous1]

Not one more try 😔

[CF15]

A #1.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

YES! THE BUTTERFLY KISSES CURSE HAS BEEN PASSED ON!!!!! I'M FREE!!!!!

[312999]

At 49 we lose the lowest Standard Deviation. This spent a lot of lists at 50 too, I think a little bit more than One More Try. They kept alternating back and forth a bit near the end, eventually this song beat out by 25 points. One of the 4 songs with no top 10s lost. 3 people will lose a 50 and only 1 person will get a perfect ranking. 

[Deleted]

It is as questionable as to why the U.S made this artificial s**t a #1 hit as to why this was somebody's #1

[CF15]

Jun 5, 2022 21:44:48 GMT -5 @crapkuki23 said:

It is as questionable as to why the U.S made this artificial s**t was a #1 hit as to why this was somebody's #1

1991 sure was a different time.

[312999]

49. Emilia - Big Big World

I would have preferred this as the 50. I don't think this was a bad song but just forgettable. 

Points - 1546
Standard Deviation - 9.656548718 (Lowest)

11 - ilikemilk
18 - 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾
21 - nathanalbright
27 - annoymous1
27 - Rose "Payola" Nylund
29 - Optical Apex
31 - RoseColoredGirl
32 - Cody Wants Out...
34 - alexcuse
38 - @crapkuki23
39 - Soulsista
41 - Az Paynter
41 - gardyfan
42 - OCDave
42 - beyoncelover
42 - 312999
43 - CF15
43 - bigd79
44 - Mr. Thonk Eyes
45 - Gonza'90
45 - chanman
46 - khan
46 - weaver
46 - aerodynamite
47 - janinho
47 - SHOOTER
47 - ccarter1023
47 - rowellfarm490
47 - wheatsquares33
47 - castleoblivion26
48 - gonecountry
48 - Mirago
48 - Juanca
48 - emerald
49 - CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker
50 - BB🌕
50 - American Idiot
50 - singingrulebritannia

[Optical Apex]

This beat sounds like a 12 year old child made it while learning about beats in an Intro to Music class
(On Timmy T's song - which sounds like something a 12 year old would call himself)