(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('80S)

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[Vendome]

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Katie Perry is Smokin Hot!

[heylady]

Round 2 Brackets (to have a vote count for a bracket, a choice must be made).

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen
4 1980 “Rock with You” Michael Jackson

2 1980 “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II” Pink Floyd

2 1981 “Endless Love” Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1 1981 “Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes

3 1981 “Lady” Kenny Rogers

6 1982 “Don’t You Want Me” The Human League

7 1982 “Jack & Diane” John Cougar

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

6 1983 “Total Eclipse of the Heart” Bonnie Tyler

4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work

7 1983 “Maneater” Daryl Hall & John Oates

5 1983 “Beat It” Michael Jackson

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

5 1984 “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” Phil Collins

4 1984 “Footloose” Kenny Loggins

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

4 1985 “I Want To Know What Love Is” Foreigner

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5 1985 “I Feel For You” Chaka Khan

6 1985 “Out of Touch” Daryl Hall & John Oates

6 1986 “How Will I Know” Whitney Houston

4 1986 “On My Own” Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald

5 1986 “Broken Wings” Mr. Mister

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

1 1988 “Faith” George Michael

5 1987 “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship

2 1987 “Alone” Heart

5 1988 “Sweet Child o’ Mine” Guns N’ Roses

4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley

1 1989 “Look Away” Chicago

3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison

2 1989 “My Prerogative” Bobby Brown

[Mozilla]

What’s Love Got to Do with It had a original recording by the group Bucks Fizz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_brfDMvdjiE

[Mozilla]

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

3 1980 “Magic” Olivia Newton-John

2 1980 “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II” Pink Floyd

5 1981 “Jessie’s Girl” Rick Springfield

6 1981 “Celebration” Kool & the Gang

3 1981 “Lady” Kenny Rogers

2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor

1 1982 “Physical” Olivia Newton-John

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

6 1983 “Total Eclipse of the Heart” Bonnie Tyler

4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work

1 1983 “Every Breath You Take” The Police

3 1983 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” Irene Cara

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

2 1984 “What’s Love Got to Do with It” Tina Turner

4 1984 “Footloose” Kenny Loggins

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

4 1985 “I Want To Know What Love Is” Foreigner

5 1985 “I Feel For You” Chaka Khan

6 1985 “Out of Touch” Daryl Hall & John Oates

6 1986 “How Will I Know” Whitney Houston

4 1986 “On My Own” Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald

2 1986 “Say You, Say Me” Lionel Richie

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

6 1988 “So Emotional” Whitney Houston

5 1987 “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship

6 1987 “C’est La Vie” Robbie Nevil

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS

4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley

6 1989 “Cold Hearted” Paula Abdul

3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison

5 1989 “Miss You Much” Janet Jackson

There the vote for me

[Mozilla]

More Trivia:
Six months after the release of “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, singer Ray Parker, Jr. released the single “I Still Can’t Get Over Loving You”, the lyrics of which bore a striking similarity to “Every Breath You Take”, even including the lines “Every breath you take, I’ll be watching you.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVxUBz-_KI

[PistolPaknMama]

Maybe people aren’t responding ‘cause they don’t get it. I don’t know what “vote for a bracket” means. I can tell you which songs I like, but in these “pairs” there are songs I really like and songs I really don’t like. Why can’t we just vote for a song and the top vote getters win?

[smokingfrog]

Another Brick in the Wall

I Want To Know What Love Is

[ifinnegan]

Vote for better song is marked with +++++

1 1980 “Call Me” Blondie +++++
6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

3 1980 “Magic” Olivia Newton-John
4 1980 “Rock with You” Michael Jackson+++++

2 1980 “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II” Pink Floyd
5 1980 “Do That to Me One More Time” Captain & Tennille+++++

2 1981 “Endless Love” Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
5 1981 “Jessie’s Girl” Rick Springfield+++++

1 1981 “Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes
6 1981 “Celebration” Kool & the Gang+++++

3 1981 “Lady” Kenny Rogers
4 1981 “(Just Like) Starting Over” John Lennon+++++

2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor
6 1982 “Don’t You Want Me” The Human League+++++

1 1982 “Physical” Olivia Newton-John+++++
7 1982 “Jack & Diane” John Cougar

3 1982 “I Love Rock ‘n Roll” Joan Jett & the Blackhearts+++++
5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

2 1983 “Billie Jean” Michael Jackson
6 1983 “Total Eclipse of the Heart” Bonnie Tyler+++++

4 1982 “Ebony and Ivory” Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder+++++
4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work

1 1983 “Every Breath You Take” The Police+++++
7 1983 “Maneater” Daryl Hall & John Oates

3 1983 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” Irene Cara+++++
5 1983 “Beat It” Michael Jackson

1 1984 “When Doves Cry” Prince+++++
6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

2 1984 “What’s Love Got to Do with It” Tina Turner+++++
5 1984 “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” Phil Collins

3 1984 “Say Say Say” Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson+++++
4 1984 “Footloose” Kenny Loggins

1 1985 “Careless Whisper” Wham!
7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears+++++

4 1985 “I Want To Know What Love Is” Foreigner
4 1987 “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” Whitney Houston+++++

3 1985 “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” Wham!+++++
5 1985 “I Feel For You” Chaka Khan

2 1985 “Like a Virgin” Madonna+++++
6 1985 “Out of Touch” Daryl Hall & John Oates

1 1986 “That’s What Friends are For” Dionne and Friends
6 1986 “How Will I Know” Whitney Houston+++++

3 1986 “I Miss You” Klymaxx
4 1986 “On My Own” Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald+++++

2 1986 “Say You, Say Me” Lionel Richie+++++
5 1986 “Broken Wings” Mr. Mister

1 1987 “Walk Like An Egyptian” The Bangles+++++
7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

1 1988 “Faith” George Michael
6 1988 “So Emotional” Whitney Houston+++++

3 1987 “Shake You Down” Gregory Abbott+++++
5 1987 “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship

2 1987 “Alone” Heart
6 1987 “C’est La Vie” Robbie Nevil+++++

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS+++++
5 1988 “Sweet Child o’ Mine” Guns N’ Roses

3 1988 “Got My Mind Set on You” George Harrison+++++
4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley

1 1989 “Look Away” Chicago
6 1989 “Cold Hearted” Paula Abdul+++++

3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison
4 1989 “Straight Up” Paula Abdul+++++

2 1989 “My Prerogative” Bobby Brown
5 1989 “Miss You Much” Janet Jackson+++++

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m sorry if I did not set it up perfectly. I was worried I was late and simply cut and pasted the basic Excel I had set up, rather than making it look real nice to boot.

I have done these kinds of contests in the past and pairing up songs/horse/cars whatever tends to be very fun. It’s simply comparing 1 vs another at a time, rather than our first round which had to be a whole ranking of 10 songs, which I find more difficult. I find it also difficult to pick 1 song out of very many.

I would say this messed up because I posted the results of that ranking 10 songs, Round 1, first, rather than immediately posting all the pairings for the bracket system. That was the confusion - people responded to my list of 10 thinking that was the contest.

[the OlLine Rebel]

This is based on genuine top hits lists from Billboard. They are the unadulterated, tabulated, unprejudiced impersonal rankings of songs. There is no better way to start it!

[the OlLine Rebel]

OOps - TP, you forgot the last pair.

2 1989 “My Prerogative” Bobby Brown
5 1989 “Miss You Much” Janet Jackson

Or did you dislike them so much you didn’t want to vote on those? (Which is OK!)

[the OlLine Rebel]

Just a note that if you vote in this contest at all, you are automatically placed on the Tournament ping list! ;-D Don’t worry, it’s only about 2 months at worst!

[T. P. Pole]

Must have been a cut-and-paste error, but I’ll go with the both-suck option. Thanks.

[Alberta's Child]

Oh, I see ... then I stand corrected. This looks like it will be fun!

[Waiting anxiously for Round 3. LOL.]

[PistolPaknMama]

It’s simply comparing 1 vs another at a time

So we tell you which one of each pair we like the best? Not which pair we like the best? I'm learning. I'm more used to yes, no, not Lindsey Graham polls. :) (sorry!)

[the OlLine Rebel]

Thanks.

I will try to iron out how I start threads next time, and how I format it! LOL

(So much easier with those other forums, especially the “edit” option!)

[the OlLine Rebel]

I should have posted the previous thread for history, so those not seeing it prior can see what has happened.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3250477/posts

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yes, of each pair, pick your favorite.

Next week there will be just 32 songs that will be paired. (The future pairings are sort of implied by the formatting here, but it’s hard to see without nice layouts and such. I’m not that good at HTML yet to bother.) Which means there will be 16 winners.

Thanks!

[To Hell With Poverty]

This is fun#

[RansomOttawa]

To do a play-off system, often called “brackets”, we need to start with 64 which halves until only 2 are left in the “final”.

Aha! I get the elimination aspect of a bracket, and I know there are different ways of filling it, but it was mainly the reason that Round 1 differed from Round 2 that escaped me. Of course, having to start with a power of 2 makes perfect sense. Thanks!