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Posted by: Davidson 4th March 2016, 06:06 PM

So the results of the double elimination are in, and we have a draw for 17th place...

17. Ciara feat. Ludacris - Ride (24.00%, 6 votes)

So bowing out of the rate at a lowly joint 18th is 'Ride', Ciara's lead single from her 4th studio album 'Basic Instinct'. Although no-one could argue that 'Basic Instinct' was packed with hits (and has widely been criticised for containing her weakest material) 'Ride' managed to peak at #42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming something of a slow burning hit and remains her second highest peaking single since the turn of the decade. Without getting too gushy about how much I love this song, to say I'm gutted that #Pray4Ride didn't work is an understatement. This is definitely in my top 3 Ciara songs and is possibly one of the finest examples of pure female R&B since the turn of the decade. All made even better by what must be one of the sexist music videos of all time (?), 'Ride' is just the perfect package for me. However, it would appear you guys didn't feel as strongly so I guess I gotta let it go...



17. Ciara feat. Jeezy - Never Ever (24.00%, 6 votes)

And the other casualty of the double elimination is another of Ciara's balladry singles (which seem to be getting a bit of a hitting) in the shape of 'Never Ever'. This track was promoted as the official lead single from Ciara's 3rd album 'Fantasy Ride' after the previous attempt at leading the album with 'Go Girl' was scrapped due to poor performance. Although BuzzJack has concluded that they prefer 'Never Ever' to the previous single attempt, it would appear you guys don't prefer it by much, only beating it by a single place. The song met with a middling reception from the general public too, only managing a US Billboard Hot 100 position of #66; not her worst by any means but not worth boasting about either. This position seems about right for 'Never Ever', which I have never been particularly fond of. I think the extent of the sample use of 'If You Don't Know Me By Now' as the whole chorus really puts me off as I feel like the song doesn't really add anything new.




=17. Ride (24.00%, 6 votes)
=17. Never Ever (24.00%, 6 votes)
19. Go Girl (44.44%, 12 votes)
20. Speechless (29.63%, 8 votes)
21. And I (21.21%, 7 votes)
22. Can't Leave 'Em Alone (33.33%, 11 votes)

So which track is the weakest left?

Round 5 will stay open for appoximately 3 days. Get voting!

Posted by: JosephStyles 4th March 2016, 06:09 PM

Gimme Dat for me now.

EDIT: wait I just voted and my vote has vanished?

Posted by: Davidson 4th March 2016, 06:12 PM

no idea why but it is coming up as 3 votes so I shall add it back in for you.

Posted by: JosephStyles 4th March 2016, 06:13 PM

Cheers

Posted by: Davidson 4th March 2016, 06:13 PM

has to be 'sorry' for me now

don't understand how it picked up 0 votes last round when songs like 'oh!' and 'promise' were getting targeted. sort it out people.

Posted by: Liаm 4th March 2016, 06:15 PM

Promise for me again.

Ride One of her absolute best. Buzzjack cannot be trusted in these things...

Posted by: Cremey 4th March 2016, 06:30 PM

'Ride' is by far my favourite of hers. It's become one of my favourite songs ever in recent years. Agree that the video really completes the package too. So sexy.

'I'm Out' again for me :')

Posted by: Acidburn 4th March 2016, 06:41 PM

Gimme Dat

Posted by: Vülker 4th March 2016, 08:09 PM

Not Ride, it's my favourite of hers! Lush R&B at its best.
I even made a remix of it years ago:

Posted by: mr_pmt 4th March 2016, 08:32 PM

Gimme Dat

When I now think about it, this is actually worse than 'Ride' so probably should've picked this first. Oh well.

Posted by: Jack 5th March 2016, 05:40 PM

Didn't Body Party get a higher peak than Ride??

Still 'Oh!' for me. I love 'Sorry' and 'Gimmie Dat' .

Posted by: Davidson 5th March 2016, 05:55 PM

yeah of course, have no idea why that slipped my mind. it charted much higher than 'ride'. sorry for the mistake in commentary.

Posted by: Liаm 5th March 2016, 06:31 PM

wtf at Gimme Dat leading, what is this Basic Instinct racism

Posted by: Ivica 5th March 2016, 07:34 PM

Love, Sex, Magic

Posted by: harryflynn0908 5th March 2016, 07:35 PM

Got Me Good

Posted by: #CodySlayberry 5th March 2016, 07:51 PM

Are you purposefully killing this rate's quality by voting "Gimme Dat" and "Promise"? Love yourselves.

Went with "Sorry".

Posted by: mr_pmt 5th March 2016, 08:09 PM

Love yourself right back.

Posted by: Davidson 5th March 2016, 11:23 PM

so much truth in one post.

Posted by: Kuki Sanban 6th March 2016, 12:48 PM

Sorry

Posted by: Cremey 6th March 2016, 01:19 PM

I remember thinking 'Gimme Dat' was great when I first heard it, but it really isn't one of her best at all. She has so many much better bangerz. Not my least favourite here but won't be too sad to see it leaving!

Posted by: Euphorique 6th March 2016, 04:26 PM

Ride is awesome