Question:
Wild Card 80s Week 2 Round of 16
Option 1: This is the 1/16 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
votes: 9
Option 3: 16 Whip It - Devo
votes: 5
Option 4: This is the 8/9 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
votes: 8
Option 6: 9 Home By the Sea - Genesis
votes: 6
Option 7: This is the 5/12 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 5 Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
votes: 8
Option 9: 12 Jack & Diane - John Cougar
votes: 7
Option 10: This is the 4/13 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 4 Master of Puppets - Metallica
votes: 9
Option 12: 13 No One Like You - Scorpions
votes: 5
Option 13: This is the 6/11 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
votes: 6
Option 15: 11 Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
votes: 8
Option 16: This is the 3/14 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3 Panama - Van Halen
votes: 9
Option 18: 14 Foolin' - Def Leppard
votes: 5
Option 19: This is the 7/10 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
votes: 12
Option 21: 10 I Want It All - Queen
votes: 3
Option 22: This is the 2/15 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 You Got Lucky - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
votes: 11
Option 24: 15 Rockin' Into the Night - .38 Special
votes: 3
The first Week of Wild Cards was generally well received. I had access to the best of the rest and was able to put some really good tunes out there. But, I knew I could do better. So, I reorganized the research and put together what I think is the strongest Bracket of this Decade so far. There's a lot of songs in here that could have been top 3 seeds in a normal year. Now, some of them are double digits. Hope that cause wringing of hands, gnashing of teeth and wailing, Can't forget the wailing. ;)
As always, I thank you all so very much for coming along with me on this. Thank you for voting and have at!
The 1/16
The 8/9
The 5/12
The 4/13
The 6/11
The 3/14
The 7/10
The 2/15
procedural question - How do you have Dr Feelgood in the 80s, and Kickstart my Heart in the 90s, when they were on the same album?
At some point early in the process, I decided to use the release date of the single OR the album and stick the song in that year. Sometimes, if the album was released late in the year, I would roll the popular songs to the next year. Especially if the Billboard Hot 100 for the following year showed a higher charting position than the original release year.
'Dr. Feelgood,' the album, was released September 1, 1989. 'Kickstart My Heart,' was released as a single on November 20, 1989 and had more chart success the following year. Even if it was because it had more time to chart.