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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Pop _ Shawn Mendes: Handwritten • The Rate: Results

Posted by: Calum 7th October 2019, 04:14 PM



Welcome to the results for the first of three Shawn Mendes rates happening right here in the forum! *.* We'll soon be kicking off the countdown to find the best song on Shawn's debut album (from the three rates that were submitted lol x).

A reminder of the songs:

Life of the Party
Stitches
Never Be Alone
Kid in Love
I Don't Even Know Your Name
Something Big
Strings
Aftertaste
Air (feat. Astrid S)
Crazy
A Little Too Much
This Is What It Takes
Bring It Back
Imagination
The Weight
Don't Want Your Love
Lost

I Know What You Did Last Summer (with Camila Cabello)
Act Like You Love Me
Running Low
Memories

Which will win? PREDICTIONS, discussion, etc all welcome! Aiming to kick this off tonight around 8pm-ish! cheer.gif

Posted by: JosephStyles 7th October 2019, 05:19 PM

Stitches to be the rightful winner!

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th October 2019, 11:16 PM

u flop xx

Posted by: Calum 11th October 2019, 11:46 PM

Excuse u, they'll be starting v shortly *.

Posted by: Calum 8th November 2019, 02:25 AM

Results kicking off TODAY *.*

Posted by: Calum 8th November 2019, 10:36 PM

21

Lost



Average score: 6.50
Highest score: Calum (7.5)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)



19=

Crazy



Average score: 6.67
Highest score: ...ready for it (7.0)
Lowest score: JosephStyles, Calum (6.5)



19=

Air feat. Astrid S



Average score: 6.67
Highest score: JosephStyles (8.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)

Finishing last place at #21 we have Lost, one of the songs released on Revisited, the deluxe version of the album, in 2015. The song isn't all that memorable and is definitely among the lower tier songs of Shawn's discography so I'm not surprised to see it finishing dead last. Just ahead of it in joint 19th place, we have Crazy and Air - two album tracks from the original edition of Handwritten. I'm surprised to see Air finish so low as that seemed to be 'liked' universally by fans. The feature from Astrid S is cute, and their voices really suit one another; although I guess it just doesn't quite reach the heights of his collaborations with a certain significant other! Crazy, I've probably always deemed the weakest album track from the original bunch of songs, but it is a nice listen when you go through the album from start to finish!

Posted by: JosephStyles 8th November 2019, 10:39 PM

Air surprisingly low!

Posted by: Calum 10th November 2019, 04:01 PM

15=

Act Like You Love Me



Average score: 7.17
Highest score: Calum (7.5)
Lowest score: ...ready for it, JosephStyles (7.0)


15=

Bring It Back



Average score: 7.17
Highest score: JosephStyles (8.5)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)


15=

I Don't Even Know Your Name



Average score: 7.17
Highest score: Calum (8.5)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)


15=

Never Be Alone



Average score: 7.17
Highest score: Calum (8.5)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)

Hilariously (although not a complete surprise given only three of us submitted rates in the end x), next up we have a FOUR-way tie for fifteenth place. Kicking the group off we have one of the bonus tracks from Handwritten Revisited - Act Like You Love Me. This, in my opinion, is probably the weakest of the new tracks that we got. It's a cute enough song in its own right, but when you add the likes of Running Low and Memories into the mix, it doesn't quite stand up the same. Bring It Back, I Don't Even Know Your Name and Never Be Alone also finish in joint fifteenth place. The latter two surprised me a lot. I Don't Even Know Your Name is such a revelation on tour, and is one of the strongest album tracks in general, while Never Be Alone seems to be a fan staple on tour, and one that's extremely close to Shawn's heart. It always has its own moment to shine and he takes the time out to remind or inform the audience just how special a song it is. Alas, it wasn't meant to be and it finishes quite low down on the list. Maybe it could have seen a boost had there been more rates.

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th November 2019, 08:48 PM

Never Be Alone shockingly low!

Posted by: Calum 12th November 2019, 09:45 PM

14

This Is What It Takes



Average score: 7.50
Highest score: JosephStyles (9.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (6.0)

Just one song dropping out for the moment, because up next we have another whammy with several songs finishing in the same position, so we'll leave that for another post. kink.gif Up next though, it's one of, what I'd say is, the best ballads and album tracks from Handwritten - This Is What It Takes. It doesn't pack quite as much of a punch as some of the other ballads on the album (stay tuned for future commentary x), but it's a really cute song and Shawn sounds fantastic on it. It's probably one where his vocals are more exposed than on others, but it works really well. It doesn't seem as much of a surprise to see this dropping out so early, and had there been more rates I expect it would've still landed somewhere around here.

Posted by: Calum 12th November 2019, 10:55 PM

11=

Running Low



Average score: 7.67
Highest score: Calum (10.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (6.0)


11=

Imagination



Average score: 7.67
Highest score: Calum (11.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)


11=

Aftertaste



Average score: 7.67
Highest score: Calum (10.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (6.0)

Up next, we have what can only be described as an incredible tragedy. Three of the absolute best songs from Handwritten and Revisited drop out, all in one go. Running Low, Imagination and Aftertaste all finished with the same average score, so end up in 11th place, just outside the top 10! HOW?! First up, Running Low. For a while I didn't really pay attention to the bonus tracks from Revisited, but more recently I went back and listened to them all. It's such a beautiful track, and easily the best of the three (inc. Act Like You Love Me and Memories). It has such a heartbreaking message, but it's so beautiful and one Shawn song I could listen to on repeat for a long while. Right by Running Low's side is... the best song from the entire album - Imagination. The EMOTION. Everything about this song is amazing, and really solidified Shawn as a favourite artist of mine. Again, it's got a bit of a heartbreaking story to it in the lyrics, but it's the one song on the album where I feel Shawn truly delivers (outside of more up-tempo hits like Stitches). And finally, we have Aftertaste. This was on the original version of Handwritten, and it even got its own video release. It's a great song, and proves that he has so much versatility in his voice, and what he can actually do as a vocalist. Slay Shawn *.* At least the rest of you still have songs to look forward to in these results cry.gif

Posted by: Jay ☆ 13th November 2019, 11:20 AM

I don't remember any of these songs #flopmod kink.gif nono.gif

Posted by: Calum 13th November 2019, 06:19 PM

QUOTE(Jay ☆ @ Nov 13 2019, 11:20 AM) *
I don't remember any of these songs #flopmod kink.gif nono.gif

You are officially awful.

Listen to Running Low and Imagination immediately hitler.gif

Posted by: Calum 14th November 2019, 05:59 PM

10

Memories



Average score: 7.83
Highest score: Calum (10.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (5.0)

Heading into the top 10 now and the first song to drop out of the running is Memories, another of the songs from Revisited, the re-release of Shawn's debut album. Although this isn't my favourite of the new tracks we were treated to (hello Running Low, and sorry you were eliminated so soon x), at least one of them (and the second best of them!) has managed to sneak in pretty high up! This is another ballad - of which there's a lot of on Handwritten in general - but it's so beautiful and again, Shawn's voice really has a moment to shine here. It proves just how perfectly his voice is suited to songs like this, as well as on up-tempo tracks. This song always reminds me of his cameo on The 100, even though it wasn't the song he performed while he was on it. laugh.gif

Posted by: JosephStyles 14th November 2019, 10:15 PM

This Is What It Takes deserved more!

Posted by: Calum 14th November 2019, 10:30 PM

QUOTE(JosephStyles @ Nov 14 2019, 10:15 PM) *
This Is What It Takes deserved more!

It really did cry.gif

Posted by: Calum 14th November 2019, 10:35 PM

9

Strings



Average score: 8.00
Highest score: Calum (10.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it, JosephStyles (7.0)

Comfortably inside the top 10 with an average of 8.00 exactly, we have another album track - and this time it's the beautiful Strings. Lyrically, talking about wanting all the strings attached with somebody that you want to spend all your time with and love being around... it's quite a relatable track, and one that Shawn's vocals match with perfectly. Although sometimes I wish it was me he was talking to and not some other girl out there lmao. Another song that I think definitely deserves to be nudged just a little higher up than it's finished, but still a decent outcome nonetheless. Listening to Handwritten and going from Something Big, to this, then Aftertaste really is a feast for the ears.

Posted by: Calum 18th November 2019, 02:41 PM

5=

I Know What You Did Last Summer with Camila Cabello



Average score: 8.33
Highest score: Calum (9.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it, JosephStyles (8.0)


5=

Don't Want Your Love



Average score: 8.33
Highest score: JosephStyles (9.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it, Calum (8.0)


We have another tie now (and they're not the only two songs to finish joint fifth!!) - and this time we have I Know What You Did Last Summer, Shawn's first collaboration with American-Cuban singer Camila Cabello who, at the time, was one fifth of girl band Fifth Harmony. It was great to hear Shawn collaborate with somebody on a punchy, up-tempo song that worked SO well for both of them, unlike the ballad we had on Handwritten (hello Air). I Know What You Did Last Summer didn't manage to score any higher than a 9 thanks to yours truly, but I think it seems about right for it to finish here considering what's still to come. By its side is another bonus track - this time Don't Want Your Love. I'm a bit ??? at this as it's one of the songs I remember least from the album and can't say I'd ever go back to it unless I was having a full listen-through of the album and all its bonus tracks, but I guess it at least struck a chord with some people, and it is a decent song!

Posted by: Calum 21st November 2019, 05:52 PM

5=

The Weight



Average score: 8.33
Highest score: JosephStyles, Calum (9.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (7.0)


5=

Kid in Love



Average score: 8.33
Highest score: Calum (10.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (6.0)


Finishing the four-way tie for fifth place we have another two album tracks from Handwritten - this time The Weight and Kid in Love. The Weight was originally included in Shawn's debut EP - The Shawn Mendes EP before being added as a bonus track on his debut album. It's such an emotional song that has a very powerful meaning behind it. The lyrics are fantastic, and it certainly stands out as one of the best from the album, as is evident from where it's managed to finish in these results! Joining it is Kid in Love - one of the more up-beat album tracks. This has always been one of my favourites, so I'm glad it's finished so high in the end! Both this and The Weight sound absolutely fantastic live, so it was a shame they weren't included on the setlist of Shawn's most recent tour, although I wouldn't expect somebody to perform album tracks from so long ago. kink.gif So now only four songs remain! Which will drop out next? ;o

Posted by: Calum 21st November 2019, 05:54 PM

Life of the Party vs A Little Too Much vs Stitches vs Something Big

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Posted by: Jay ☆ 22nd November 2019, 02:05 AM

Stitches has to win!

Life of the Party totally passed me by when it was released, but I really enjoyed his performance of it at his concert this year. That to come 2nd here please x

Posted by: JosephStyles 22nd November 2019, 09:33 PM

The right top 4 tbh heart.gif

Come on Stitches!

Posted by: Calum 1st December 2019, 10:13 PM

4

Something Big



Average score: 8.50
Highest score: JosephStyles (10.0)
Lowest score: Calum (7.5)

Finishing in fourth place, we have Something Big - the second single to be released from Handwritten. It's done well to finish in the top four alongside the likes of Stitches and Life of the Party, but sadly it wasn't meant to be. Quite rightly, too, I think. It still remains such a bop and the video is amazing. It's an amazing feel-good song, and breaks away from the cliche of a typical love or heartbreak song that we're now used to on the likes of Treat You Better, Mercy, There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, Seņorita etc. Although Shawn can break away from that whenever as we've seen with the likes of In My Blood too; exploring issues outside the realms of love and delving deeper into human emotion. In my opinion, this hasn't aged as well as some of his other big hits, but it's still a really pleasant listen when going back to it, listening to Handwritten, or having one big Shawn sesh!

Posted by: Calum 3rd December 2019, 06:28 PM

2=

A Little Too Much



Average score: 8.67
Highest score: JosephStyles, Calum (10.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (6.0)

Even at the bitter end of the results, we don't have an outright third, second and first - instead we have a tie for second place lmao! The first song to finish in the silver position is A Little Too Much - the first instant grat from Handwritten, released on 2 February 2015, the same day that the pre-order for the album was put up on iTunes! This wasn't the first song we'd heard from Shawn that many found themselves relating to with regards to mental health. Before that we had the likes of The Weight from The Shawn Mendes EP, but this was the first song to take off in a big way. It's remained a firm fan favourite from his debut album, and it's not difficult to see why. It's such a beautiful song, and its lyrics are so relatable and powerful. It paved the way for songs of its ilk in the future too. Very deserving of finishing in the top two/three (however you want to look at it!).

Now, it's a battle between STITCHES and LIFE OF THE PARTY. Which will win?

Posted by: JosephCarey 3rd December 2019, 06:40 PM

Come on Stitches *.*

A Little Too Much is gorgeous wub.gif

Posted by: Calum 3rd December 2019, 07:18 PM

2=

Life of the Party



Average score: 8.67
Highest score: JosephStyles, Calum (9.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (8.0)

Just missing out on the top spot, and in the silver medal position is Life of the Party, the first single to be released from Handwritten. Having been around for a bit before the Handwritten days (well before, with The Shawn Mendes EP), Life of the Party has cemented itself in the hearts of Shawn fans as a favourite - and to this day Shawn still performs it on tour, and it's such a beautiful, up-close and personal moment where he heads over to the b-stage to get closer to the fans and share the moment with them. The message and the lyrics are pretty inspiring, encouraging everyone not to be ordinary and that they are the life of the party no matter what. It really is a great song and was such a good way to introduce everybody to who exactly Shawn is... inspiring his fans with every song he puts out there, with empowering lyrics galore! What's not to love about it?

Posted by: Calum 3rd December 2019, 07:18 PM

1

Stitches



Average score: 9.00
Highest score: JosephStyles (11.0)
Lowest score: ...ready for it (6.0)

:wow: every1 is so shocked right now !!!1!! I don't think there was ever any doubt about it considering only three people submitted a rate (unless ...ready for it threw us a curveball with some of those scores x), but Stitches has WON the Handwritten rate - and the first on the Shawn Mendes forum on Buzzjack! The biggest single to come from Shawn's first era, and undoubtedly one that propelled him to where he is now, it latched on to the general public and since then it's gone on to become that song that you don't hear anybody NOT singing at his concerts. Instantly recognisable and undeniably such a brilliant slice of pop music. As well as the song, the accompanying music video is something else. Showing Shawn making his way through a parking lot and being battered and bruised by an invisible force (metaphorically being a lover), it's a really good watch and matches the song perfectly! Congratulations Stitches! Not my personal favourite from the album but absolutely cannot deny that it deserved to win and it's one of his absolute best singles!!

Posted by: JosephCarey 3rd December 2019, 07:21 PM

PERFECT *.*

Thanks for hosting Calum!!

Posted by: Calum 3rd December 2019, 07:27 PM

QUOTE(JosephCarey @ Dec 3 2019, 07:21 PM) *
PERFECT *.*

Thanks for hosting Calum!!

No problem!! Glad you (and you alone kink.gif) followed along and are pleased with the result x

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