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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 21:46:34 GMT -5
We round out the bottom 20 with the first of Conner Smith's two bland releases that he has used to kick off his career. There's not really anything wrong with this one, other than it's pretty faceless. Definitely doesn't give me a sense for who Conner Smith is trying to be as an artist. But it is absolutely the least-disliked song we have seen so far! Peep the fact that it only has one bottom 10 rank. I wonder how much longer it will be until we finally get our first reveal that doesn't have ANY bottom 10 ranks!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 21:47:51 GMT -5
Up next, FOUR people finally lose their last place....and it'll also be our first top 5 loss ;)
Third most polarizing song!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 21:52:47 GMT -5
90. "AA" - Walker Hayes
Billboard Peak: #5
Total: 2564
Average: 73.26
Std Dev: 35.03 (3rd largest!)
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Growing Old With You Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water How You Make A Man Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Is Real Love Talking Man Made Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Out In The Middle Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Ain’t Pretty You Didn’t
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 21:53:48 GMT -5
Haters can hate, AA is a bop.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 21:58:13 GMT -5
89. "You Ain't Pretty" - Nate Barnes
Billboard Peak: #47
Total: 2537
Average: 72.49
Std Dev: 18.39 (10th smallest)
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Growing Old With You Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water How You Make A Man Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Is Real Love Talking Man Made Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Out In The Middle Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:00:51 GMT -5
Finally we give the "fun" songs a break, much to the relief of 🌺CountryLineDancer ;) "You Ain't Pretty" is a song that has a lot of potential imo! I do really like the message. But it almost feels under-performed or under-written or something, like the whole thing is just missing some kind of spark that would make it pop... It is officially our first song without any bottom 10 ranks though, so that's cool and noteworthy!!
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 22:01:14 GMT -5
If radio wants a basic male singer, I’d rather keep Chris Lane over Nate Barnes or Adam Doleac. This is the most forgettable song on the list for sure.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:07:20 GMT -5
88. "Man Made" - Matt Stell
Billboard Peak: #36
Total: 2509
Average: 71.69
Std Dev: 20.22
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Growing Old With You Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water How You Make A Man Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Is Real Love Talking Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Out In The Middle Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 22:08:52 GMT -5
Matt Stell had quite a few jams, but this ain’t the one. I guess the melody is decent, but lyrics are kinda dumb.
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Post by Fire on Feb 27, 2023 22:11:40 GMT -5
aa is so atrociously produced, overstayed so bad here, at least fancy like was funny-bad and the hook was minimally catchy, aa is just boringly shitty
that said neither are as bad as u gurl lol
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:13:27 GMT -5
87. "Love Is Real" - Morgan Evans
Billboard Peak: #50
Total: 2508
Average: 71.66
Std Dev: 17.91 (8th smallest)
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Growing Old With You Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water How You Make A Man Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Talking Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Out In The Middle Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 22:14:24 GMT -5
Sad that Love wasn’t real.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:15:11 GMT -5
Morgan leaving already....
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Feb 27, 2023 22:15:32 GMT -5
“Prayed For You” and “Everywhere But On” are both really solid but I kinda just kept forgetting about “Man Made”. “If I Was a Bar” is still, by far, my favorite Matt Stell song.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 27, 2023 22:17:33 GMT -5
Former Mr. Ballerini is just... not very good. Not surprised he failed to latch on. "Over for You" is the best thing he's done to date but even that I've kinda soured on recently, especially after Kelsea dropped her EP and exposed his ass, lmao.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 27, 2023 22:18:36 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:23:08 GMT -5
What a classy response from Nate Barnes! I could see myself rooting for him based on that! We need more of this behavior and less of whatever mullet-wearing-shithead is doing right now.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:26:20 GMT -5
86. "How You Make A Man" - Craig Morgan
Billboard Peak: #53
Total: 2501
Average: 71.46
Std Dev: 18.56
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Growing Old With You Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Talking Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Out In The Middle Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 22:29:43 GMT -5
I constantly disliked Craig’s recent materials, mainly due to the vocal, but this one was on the better side.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:29:51 GMT -5
"How You Make A Man" is far from Craig's best, but I think it's kinda nice to hear his voice and see him on the charts again! I'd love to hear him drop a jam on us one of these days!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:34:40 GMT -5
85. "Out in the Middle" - Zac Brown Band
Billboard Peak: #12
Total: 2493
Average: 71.23
Std Dev: 29.63
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Growing Old With You Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Talking Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 22:37:49 GMT -5
Good riddance, finally. One of the few songs that I hated in this list. What an awful melody and vocal.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:37:57 GMT -5
FINALLY..... "Out In The Middle" is, to my ears at least, VERY much the worst song they have ever released to country radio... The vocals are sooooo awful and grating, and the melody makes it all worse... I cannot tell you how much I was rolling my eyes watching this song climb gradually from being a bottom 10 contender all the way up to the 80s over the course of this rankdown....
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 27, 2023 22:40:17 GMT -5
Surprised radio has kept Out In The Middle for so long because if the vocals in Roots were annoying enough to stall on charts, this shouldn't have stayed much longer than that.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:42:06 GMT -5
84. "Growing Old With You" - Restless Road
Billboard Peak: #40
Total: 2470
Average: 70.57
Std Dev: 22.47
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Talking Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Trouble With A Heartbreak Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:45:28 GMT -5
"Growing Old With You" in my mind signals the fact that we are finally starting to run out of songs that are actively terrible. (I mean, there are definitely still a few left... But you know what I mean!) This one is just kinda boring yet inoffensive. I can see why some would love it and some would not. Personally I always enjoy listening to it in the moment, and then completely forget everything about it the moment it ends.
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Post by Fire on Feb 27, 2023 22:46:54 GMT -5
was colder weather just a fluke of quality or some shit i feel like every single zbb song i've heard after that is just awful lol
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 27, 2023 22:47:22 GMT -5
The chart run of this song confused me. Thought it was connecting well, debuting on Hot Country, and suddenly disappeared. It’s an okay song, Sundown Somewhere is far better.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:49:47 GMT -5
83. "Trouble With A Heartbreak" - Jason Aldean
Billboard Peak: #1
Total: 2461
Average: 70.31
Std Dev: 31.59
{Songs Remaining}5 Foot 9 7500 OBO All Too Well At The End Of A Bar Back Then, Right Now Beers On Me Best Thing Since Backroads Brown Eyes Baby Bye Mom Can’t Do Without Me Catching Up With An Ol’ Memory Circles Around This Town Crazy One More Time (2022) Damn Strait Dates In Pickup Trucks Doin’ This Doing Life With Me Don’t Come Lookin’ Down Home Downtown Baby Drinkin’ It Wrong Everyone She Knows Everything She Ain’t Fall In Love First Taste Of Gone Flower Shops Gave It Back Broken Ghost Story Giving You Up Good Day For Living Half Of Me Heart Like A Truck HEARTFIRST Hell Yeah Holy Water Human I Bet You Think About Me If I Was A Cowboy Joy Of My Life Kissed Me Like That Last Night Lonely Learn From It Like I Love Country Music Love Talking Missing One My Bar Never Say Never Never Til Now Never Wanted To Be That Girl New Truck No Hard Feelings Note To Self Pick Me Up Right On Time She Had Me At Heads Carolina Should Have Known Better Slide Slow Down Summer Something In The Orange Son Of A Son Of A Sinner Songs About You Strange Sunrise Tells The Story Take My Name The Kind Of Love We Make The Last Time Til You Can’t Truth About You Wasted On You Wastin’ Whiskey Water Under The Bridge We Did What A Song Can Do What My World Spins Around While You’re Gone Whiskey On You Wild Hearts Wilder Days Wishful Drinking With A Woman You Love You Didn’t
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 27, 2023 22:54:28 GMT -5
I feel like Jason's output this year wasn't nearly as awful as some people make it out to be. He's had MUCH worse years, like when he had "The Only Way I Know" and "Take A Little Ride" in the same year, or "Gonna Know We Were Here" followed by "Lights Come On"... Nevertheless, his behavior has been reprehensible, so gtfo!!! Good riddance!
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