Omg 3 favs out in a row!!! Screaming!!

Wildest Dreams top 5! :wub:

HOLD UP

 

Out Of The Woods is top 5 too? YASSS they're my top 2 Taylor songs!

5th Love Story 8.46 (less 11s)

 

UK peak: #2 (Platinum)

US peak: #4 (8x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Liam)

Lowest score: 1 (Bre)

 

The highest country song kicks off the top 5, losing a tie to one of Taylor's later pop songs which will soon be revealed! This was my 11, it's the song that kicked off my obsession with someone who's become my fave act, it was tough competition with songs like Shake It Off, Wildest Dreams, Back To December and Should've Said No which put up a solid fight. Her breakthrough success worldwide, this is a landmark song for Taylor and was a platinum #2 in the UK, just held off by Kelly Clarkson's My Life Would Suck Without You. It's classic Taylor really, a sweet fairytale love song with a huge chorus that you just can't help but sing along to.

Only one 11? :drama:

 

Didn't even know Bré liked Taytay but I'm coming after your weave after this

4th I Knew You Were Trouble 8.46 (more 11s)

 

UK chart: #2 (Platinum)

US chart: #2 (6x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Jade, SamJudd, Dobbo)

Lowest score: -1 (Johnkm, billy)

 

BANGERRRR. At the time this was utterly bizarre, imagine sitting listening to Speak Now and someone telling you that the biggest hit from the next album would feature a dubstep infused chorus, you'd laugh right? :lol: But this just absolutely works, a pop-rock tune that isn't too much of a Taylor departure (insanely catchy nonetheless) morphs into a bass filled chorus of OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHs and a climactic middle 8, but as messy and noisy as it sounds on paper, it is just a perfect pop song and easily one of her best. Lyrically, the song details a relationship that the narrator always knew was going to go bad so she was prepared for it to careen off track. This is one of the songs you never get enough of so it's no surprise it was such a hit, and her 2nd biggest seller in the UK behind Shake It Off and just in front of Love Story - so it's fitting they tied :kink:

4th I Knew You Were Trouble 8.46 (more 11s)

 

UK chart: #2 (Platinum)

US chart: #2 (6x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Jade, SamJudd, Dobbo)

Lowest score: -1 (Johnkm, billy)

 

BANGERRRR. At the time this was utterly bizarre, imagine sitting listening to Speak Now and someone telling you that the biggest hit from the next album would feature a dubstep infused chorus, you'd laugh right? :lol: But this just absolutely works, a pop-rock tune that isn't too much of a Taylor departure (insanely catchy nonetheless) morphs into a bass filled chorus of OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHs and a climactic middle 8, but as messy and noisy as it sounds on paper, it is just a perfect pop song and easily one of her best. Lyrically, the song details a relationship that the narrator always knew was going to go bad so she was prepared for it to careen off track. This is one of the songs you never get enough of so it's no surprise it was such a hit, and her 2nd biggest seller in the UK behind Shake It Off and just in front of Love Story - so it's fitting they tied :kink:

 

The first Taylor song I bought. Still amazing. Has gotten slightly stale but still gets rotation.

 

Ugh at You Belong With Me just missing the top five.

Top 3 predictions

 

01 Blank Space

02 Wildest Dreams

03 Out Of The Woods

 

Would love Wildest Dreams to win though

Edited September 5, 20177 yr by cqmerqn

These results are a mess tbh, wish I had voted now :heehee: :drama:

 

Love Story and IKYWT are both nice songs actually and I do like them a lot but I do feel overplay killed both a bit for me so I don't go back to them much by choice. Mine and YBWM would have replaced those in my top five personally.

 

Can't believe Style made the top 10 too, I've always liked it but it is pretty dull in comparison to her other singles. 22 should've been this high instead, I always get proper excited when that comes on :wub:

 

Predict:

1 Wildest Dreams

2 Blank Space

3 Out of the Woods

 

Want:

1 Blank Space

2 Wildest Dreams

3 Out of the Woods

A top 2 of 'Blank Space' and 'Out of the Woods' would be perfect! :wub:

3rd Out Of The Woods 8.67

 

 

UK peak: #138

US peak: #18

Highest score: 11 (Chez, Jonjo, Johnkm)

Lowest score: 5 (Dobbo, Mack)

 

In a top 3 filled by 1989 tracks, the sixth single bows out before a top 2 of Blank Space and Wildest Dreams! For me this is a bit... overrated is the wrong word as I gave it 9.5 still, and I know it sounds silly to say anything like that about a song I scored that high, but put it this way it's probably 5th or 6th for me on 1989 so it's certainly not in my top 3 Taylor singles :P When an artist's discography is so strong, a 9.5 being top 3 does feel a bit high for me. But anyway, this is a huge pop song regardless, it blends 1980s synths with a huge chorus backed by a bombastic loop of sounds. That chorus gets me every time *.* As with Style, this is thought to be about Harry Styles. It's a shame the UK peak for this is such a joke but it was near the end of a huge selling album's single campaign and of course as with the rest of the era streaming wasn't on side so she was really fighting a losing battle with this on the UK chart.

Want(Ed):

 

1. Woods

2. Starbucks Lovers

3. While Dis Streams

 

(Would've) expected:

 

1. Starbucks Lovers

2. Woods

3. While Dis Streams

 

But I didn't know WD was so popular! Overrated imo, I'd've preferred it somewhere like #7 tbh

I'm so glad OOTW is generally acknowledged as being in her top 3 best. It really is in a league of its own, dare I say it too good for her.

 

'Wildest Dreams' is a really nice song, but I'd prefer not to see it take the crown.

Out of the Woods' peak of #136 was achieved in the first week of the abum's release! It failed to re-enter the Top 200 when it was given the single treatment. :cry: That seems crazy, but evidently the combination of 6th single & no Spotify was deadly. :drama: (Having said that, New Romantics as 7th single managed to attain a peak of #132, some months later. Maybe that had an advantage due to not being on the standard version of 1989).

 

The Top 2 is perfect! :wub: I'd prefer a Blank Space win, but I think Wildest Dreams will clinch it. Either way, I'm happy. *.*

Blank Space will win

BLANK SPACE vs. WILDEST DREAMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02 Blank Space 9.01

 

 

UK peak: #4 (Platinum)

US peak: #1 (7x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (Jay, Blacksquare, Bre, Mr Aly)

Lowest score: 2 (Shaphne)

 

Jus being pipped to the post by 0.01 is Blank Space, the smash second single from 1989. It got the most 11s so was naturally going to contend for the win, receiving only one score below a 7 th same as Wildest Dreams, but this lowest score was much lower so it slipped to 2nd. This instantly took off upon the album being released, so of course was a natural fit for the second single to follow up Taylor's biggest UK hit yet. It was yet another US #1 and a smash top 5 in the UK. The polished minimal production works so well, it leave the lyrics to shine and arguably this is lyrically the best song on 1989, perfectly satirising Taylor's media image and the scrutiny she is under. I feel this song easily sums up 1989, perfectly crafted glimmering pop that manages to be subtle and explosive at the same time.

 

 

 

That means your winner is....

 

 

01 Wildest Dreams 9.02

 

 

UK peak: #40 (Silver)

US peak: #5 (3x Platinum)

Highest score: 11 (all is vanity, John James)

Lowest score: 4 (Dobbo)

 

This gives me Demi rate teas when Heart Attack only won with 2 11s :lol: Hopefully this goes down better than that did :P Your winner is the 5th single from 1989, the mystical Wildest Dreams! This is such a stunning song, taking the Lana Del Rey, moody sound and imbuing it with shimmering perfect pop sensbility. It also changes things up lyrically from the source material, subverting the sadness and drama of missing a man for telling the man that he's gonna be forever haunted by what he's lost by messing it up. That last chorus when she kicks up a notch gets me EVERY time, it goes from a subtle song of total wonder and mysticism to an impactful and powerful final chorus that makes sure the song stays with you. Easily one of her best and a deserving winner :wub:

omg the top 3 literally is upside down to how I would rank it; I don't see WD as a winning song :lol: Touch teas

I'll be shocked if she can ever top 'Blank Space' for me, it's just that majestic. :wub:

 

I suppose it's nice to have an unpredictable winner though!

Full results:

 

01 Wildest Dreams 9.02

02 Blank Space 9.01

03 Out Of The Woods 8.67

04 I Knew You Were Trouble 8.46 (more 11s)

05 Love Story 8.46 (less 11s)

06 You Belong With Me 8.35

07 Style 8.20

08 Mine 8.17 (more 11s)

09 Red 8.17 (less 11s)

10 Back To December 8.01

11 Bad Blood 7.87

12 Shake It Off 7.80

13 Fearless 7.74

14 New Romantics 7.58

15 22 7.57

16 The Story Of Us 7.36

17 Should've Said No 7.32 (more 10s)

18 Sparks Fly 7.32 (less 10s)

19 Teardrops On My Guitar 7.25

20 Mean 7.20

21 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 7.07

22 Begin Again 7.00

23 Eyes Open 6.94

24 Safe & Sound 6.84

25 Fifteen 6.72

26 Our Song 6.64

27 Sweeter Than Fiction 6.50

28 Picture To Burn 6.40

29 Both Of Us 6.39

30 White Horse 6.37

31 Everything Has Changed 5.91

32 Today Was A Fairytale 5.79

33 I Don't Wanna Live Forever 5.63

34 Tim McGraw 5.50

35 The Last Time 5.46