Re: Best of Country: Grammy Winners Song Rate (32-3)
The weather man called for a twister she prayed blow it down
we might have took the long way, we knew we'd get there someday
She heard the sirens screaming out
Ain't nothin better we beat the odds together
shatter every window till it's all blown away
you're still the one I run too the one I belong to
Blown awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
1. You're Still The One
Score: 9.60
Highest Score: 11 (DJ Hazey & MollieSwift)
Lowest Score: 8 (Fire)
Best Bit:
I'm so glad we made look how far we've come, my baby
The song won the Grammy for best Country Song and Best Female Vocal in 1999. It was additionally nominated and robbed of Record of the Year and Song of The Year. The song went number one on the country charts and spent 22 weeks atop the country singles sale. The song found massive cross over success reaching number 2 for 9 weeks and went on to become the 34th biggest song of the 90's and the 66th of all time. The reason it was unable to peak at #1 is the cd sales went beyond what was expected and places had run out of stock. The song became the first ever country song to be nominated for MTV award. It additionally was the first song the really kicked off the massive Come On Over album that allowed it to become the best selling female album of all time, the best selling country album, and the best selling in the US since the 90's.
The subject matter of the song dealt with the criticism of her and husband marriage. Many people criticized the relationship and accused Shania of using Mutt to further her career. Twain and Lange spoke about how they didn't intended to write the song about themselves but that is just how it turned out. As many know Shania and Mutt have since divorced after 17 years over Mutt cheating on her. In biography Shania wrote that "she still cherishes the song in souvenir of her deceased parents and truly believes that they were meant to be together and that, in spite of all the trials they have been through, her parents shared a very pure and true love."
I mentioned it early in the rate that my favorite song is in the competition and this is it. The song excels in the sincerity Shania has when she sings it. Her voice just has a warm quality to it that matched with the lyrics creates something beautiful. Especially her vocals at the end steel guitar solo conveys such emotion of being deeply in love and sense of triumph to them. As Shania stated early it's about a pure and true love. One of my favorite things about Country music is how the songwriting tells a very personal story but it allows everyone one to relate to the song.
DJ Hazey is now forgiven for killing off my favorite Keith songs and wrote "Shania, like this song, is completely genre-breaking. I loved this song as a kid. Even with such an iconic chorus, it's the verses and the way her voice rides that melody to heaven."
KamikazeHeart called it wedding song material.
Unnameable wrote "there are few love songs as perfect as this" and considered giving this is 11.
Laura Vanderbooen said Masterpiece of chorus. Obliterate me, Mutt. Robsolete called it one of his favorite ballads ever.
Lost In Japan talked still suppressing memories of Cheryl's version. (It's kind of amazing to think Girls Aloud were formed off a singing competition).
Epic Chocolat wrote "A great song for a wedding's first dance. The lyrics are bittersweet now but it's good to believe in love against all odds, still."
That means our runner up is
2. Blown Away - Carrie Underwood
Score: 9.57
Highest Score: 11 (CorgiCorgiCorgi, Mister Unicorn)
Lowest Score: 8 (Fire, Laura Vanderbooben, and Epic Chocolat)
Best Bit: Blown Awaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
The song won the Grammy for Best Country Song and Best Country Vocal Performance in 2013. The cross-over hit that never was it still rose to number 20 on the Hot 100 and sold over 2 million copies. It found success on the country charts though going number 2 there and number 1 on airplay. I really do think if she would have released it to pop radio it would have gone down amazing and been ONE of those cross-over hits.
Underwood used this song as the direction for her fantastic album with the same title. The song first came about with the same pair that wrote Before He Cheats playing with effects and once they hit the thunder storm one the idea started to come to them. Underwood said going in the recording process that she wanted to try something different for the album and that the songs she recorded allowed her to be more dark and fierce. The music video features a Wizard of Oz theme to it. She's look beyond stunning through out it too.
CorgiCorgiCorgi had this to say about his 11 "There is NO REASON that this shouldn't win. It's more pop than country IMHO, but it's definitely the best song in the rate."
Blown Away is in the running for my favorite Carrie song. The first moment I heard it I thought it was going to be massive. The first four singles of the album is what dreams are made of.
Lost In Japan said it wasn't Carrie's best but it's pretty undeniable, her voice is a force of nature itself.
Epic Chocolat called it a "Surprising sound for a country song. I like the production and as always the vocals are faultless."
Laura Vanderbooben wrote " Carrie wiping the floor with the five boys in her category and laying me flat with her voice while she’s at it."
Unnameable called it amazingly atmospheric.
KamikazeHeart had a lot of good things to say about the track "Aptly titled song. This is so close to getting my 11, but alas. This is epic beyond belief - whenever I listen to this I’m stunned by how it’s even possible to write a song and make it so big without being over the top. Despite the huge production; there’s still a very fragile nerve at the heart of Carrie’s delivery".
Robsolete said it was "One of her very best, should go down as a country classic."
DJ Hazey called this one his big discovery of the rate and "That is one powerful piece of song-writing right there. Damn."
And there you go. Thank you everyone who participated and those who followed on along. I had a ton of fun doing this and am glad that people were able to discover some new songs and artists through out this!
