Cascada >>>>>> Michael Jackson tbh. :coffee:

 

Yes, yes yes!!

 

Michael's always been a bit 'meh' for me. I like Thriller, and Man In The Mirror, but he's not my kind of artist. I didn't listen to him when he was alive, and the first time I really listened to him was when he died. Out of those I heard, only those two and maybe Smooth Criminal, stood out for me.

 

Cascada on the other hand, I love every single I've heard from them.

 

So... that's my stance. :coffee:

The best thing about Cascada being #01 was people's ridiculously OTT reactions to it when it was announced on here :wub:

The full countdown

 

1. +91 Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc"

2. +86 Take That "Rule The World"

3. +78 ADELE "Rolling In The Deep"

4. +77 Rihanna "Unfaithful"

5. +75 Daft Punk "One More Time"

 

:o

I really thought Rihanna would win.

If I hadn't given her -2 points, she would have been top 3 :kink:

 

Great to see male acts in the top 2. Buzzjack is improving its music taste, I see. :dance:

Edited July 12, 201113 yr by Jason

Why does the top 2 being male mean Buzzjack's music taste is improving? :unsure: Females can release good songs too.

Why does the top 2 being male mean Buzzjack's music taste is improving? :unsure: Females can release good songs too.

 

Not Rihanna in my opinion. :angel:

This is exactly why I said I didn't want Rihanna to win though. If she did, everybody would've been whining about it, which I wouldn't want to see. :lol:

 

It's not only you, but a few people have been saying things like "I'm happy to see a male win". Shouldn't it be "I'm happy to see a good song win"? It doesn't matter about the gender of the credited artist. We're just voting for our favourites songs. There's nothing wrong if people here think a female's song is the best.

Why does the top 2 being male mean Buzzjack's music taste is improving? :unsure: Females can release good songs too.

 

I think 'diversifying' is a better term for it

 

of course, there are a lot of good songs by females, but males do too and sometimes results like this are a little bit too skewed towards female artists

Yeah. I agree that Buzzjack seems to prefer female songs a lot more. This poll did seem less gender-biased compared to some of the others we do on here, to be fair. Although I don't know why, because it seemed like a similar voter pool to most of the other polls.

A great winner! :D

 

Another good top 3 as well, I do like 'Rolling In The Deep' but not as much as the other two. You've done a good job on all of these and they've produced some interesting results and winners, I hope the people who've took part in this do vote in the annual Record of the Decade competition! It would be good to see more of these in the future, although I'm not sure how far you'd be able to go with it....

I wanted 90s #3s but that was thrown out :( Oh well. The 90s had some amazing #3 hits though.

 

Maybe an idea for a series in the future is a one-hit wonder one. But not using the stupid Guiness definition which is far too narrow and wouldn't be that different to these rates. IMO any act who had a top 10 single but never made the top 20 again especially has a serious case to being a one-hit wonder (unless perhaps they made the 21-40 section multiple times), and maybe also top 20 (11-20) but never again top 40 depending on how many examples of those there are. And it would allow us to rate some more "interesting" and forgotten songs (which might also be a negative to be fair for the younger members, as some of them you would never hear anymore). Another problem is it gets complicated as some acts have released under different guises, particularly dance producers, so might only be a one hit wonder under one name - but that could easily be covered with some research. And I guess joint credited collaborations could get awkward if only one of them is a one-hit wonder.

 

Also, I'm pleased to report my votes wouldn't have changed the outcome of the top 5 at all, as none of them would received votes from me! :lol:

 

Yeah. I agree that Buzzjack seems to prefer female songs a lot more. This poll did seem less gender-biased compared to some of the others we do on here, to be fair. Although I don't know why, because it seemed like a similar voter pool to most of the other polls.

Not really. The voters for this have been far more alternative-based, with not many pop-based fans voting. This is shown clear as day in the fact that of the four rates that Daniel did, only one winner (Madonna) could be described as "non-alternative" - the others were Oasis, Pulp and now Gorillaz.

 

I thought the 00s rate would attract more voters but it seemed with a few new additions it was the same people voting in the 80s and 90s one, for some reason :wacko:

Edited July 13, 201113 yr by superbossanova

My faith in musical taste is restored. Chuffed to see Gorillaz take it, with Take That second. Two of my top three.

 

Daniel, very enjoyable and a great thread . Disappointed to see this is the last one, would be more than happy do further ones myself with this format. Maybe in the future after the record of the decade voting. Think it is always interesting and fascinating to see other people's opinions on various tracks etc..

 

 

 

 

My faith in musical taste is restored. Chuffed to see Gorillaz take it, with Take That second. Two of my top three.

 

Daniel, very enjoyable and a great thread . Disappointed to see this is the last one, would be more than happy do further ones myself with this format. Maybe in the future after the record of the decade voting. Think it is always interesting and fascinating to see other people's opinions on various tracks etc..

 

If there is enough popularity and demand for it, I can do an Ultimate series 2 (after Record Of The Decade, of course). The problem is, I've run out of ideas for future games. Superbossanova's idea of One Hit Wonders is good, but we've already met most of them in these games ;)

Have you thought about doing an 80s Number Twos Rate?

 

Still thanks for doing this 'Ultimate' series.

Was surprised that 'Feel Good Inc ' won. I'm sure people thought that Rolling In The Deep or Rule The World was going to win

I think acts with one T20 and no other T40s are more 'no-hit wonder' than 'one-hit wonder', unless that one song had really big sales/longevity (e.g. Jason Mraz's I'm Yours). I'd personally define one-hit wonder as one top 10 hit and no other top 40 hits. With some exceptions made, again e.g. Jason Mraz. And excluding one-time projects like charity ensembles.

Edited July 13, 201113 yr by Bré

If there is enough popularity and demand for it, I can do an Ultimate series 2 (after Record Of The Decade, of course). The problem is, I've run out of ideas for future games. Superbossanova's idea of One Hit Wonders is good, but we've already met most of them in these games ;)

How? If you use top 10 hits as the yardstick rather than the Guiness definition (#1 hits and no other top 40s) then you have loads of songs we haven't "met in this game". Plus, statistically speaking, acts who start their career at #1 or #2 are probably less likely to be a one hit wonder as there's automatically more interest in them than an act who charts at #5 or #6 so the follow-up might not flop as much (case in point - Babylon Zoo's follow-up even made #17, so wouldn't qualify them as a one-hit wonder under my definition). There would only be a few songs from these games...

 

Another game I'd like to see is this with more random positions (i.e. 2000s #14 Rate, 1990s #8 Rate, etc). It would be fun (for me) :D

 

I think acts with one T20 and no other T40s are more 'no-hit wonder' than 'one-hit wonder', unless that one song had really big sales/longevity (e.g. Jason Mraz's I'm Yours). I'd personally define one-hit wonder as one top 10 hit and no other top 40 hits. With some exceptions made, again e.g. Jason Mraz. And excluding one-time projects like charity ensembles.

I disagree - using your definition, one of the most famous one-hit wonders of all-time (Chesney Hawkes) wouldn't qualify - his follow-up got to #27 :P I don't think there would be that many using your definition at all either, especially in the 1990s where it was far easier to scrape the top 40 so lots of one-hit wonder type acts would have something like a #5 - #26 chart career. I still think mine is better, but like I said I would exclude acts who made the 21-40 more than once after their hit (i.e. Taylor Swift).

 

Maybe you're right that top 20 and no top 40 isn't particularly one-hit wonder ish, but I think charting just outside the top 10 is still a notable hit, maybe not so much in the lower top 20 though. If you make the top 15 you're more than likely going to be on a Now album anyway, which surely defines hit... :lol: