The Miley Cyrus Discography Rate Part 1: WINNER ANNOUNCED! FINISHED!

What's your favorite album featured here?

  • Meet Miley Cyrus

    Votes: 3 7.5%
  • Breakout

    Votes: 7 17.5%
  • The Time Of Our Lives

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • Can't Be Tamed

    Votes: 24 60.0%
  • A Hannah Soundtrack

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • Total voters
    40
Mad respect for the person who stans this song over any others........





















































......by Hannah
#70 - Are You Ready: 6.65
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(Found online)
Highest: 1x11 (@iheartpoptarts) 1x9 (Me)
Lowest: 1x3 (@Entropy)
My Score: 9
Favorite Lyric: So were flirting with the dude at the door until he says were okay.
(Picturing Hannah doing something like this is quite the picture.)
Trajectory
5 Voters: #87
10 Voters: #63
15 Voters: #55
19 Voters: #70
Total Points: 99.8

Are You Ready was written by Toby Gad, BC Jean and Lyrica Anderson and produced by Toby Gad for Hannah Montana Forever, the final season's soundtrack. The song is an electro pop rock banger about going out, ignoring boys and partying. It's a whole lot of fun, and actually a little more racy lyrically than Hannah's earlier songs, which I think is further proof of the showrunners wanting to mature Hannah's image a little more for the final season, as Miley was for Can't Be Tamed. Lyrics like the one pointed out above, boys trying to get digits, guys having their eyes on them, and more. It's very subtle, but it works well within the album, as well as leaning into the sound presented on Miley's third album, though being a tad more basic I think than most songs on there. Now, I have to say, I was completely surprised when this out of all Hannah songs, got an 11, but knowing @iheartpoptarts, it actually makes sense. This sounds very much like something she'd stan the hell out of, so I hope top 70 is a solid placing for her. Actually, something that was a lot of fun for me was seeing how eclectic y'all were in your favorite Hannah songs. 13/19 of us chose an 11 for a Hannah song, and only 5 of those are shared between two songs. That means a total of 10 songs by Hannah were someone's favorite. I think that's a pretty wide range for so many voters. The Miley stats on this are interesting as well, but I'll wait until the first 11 for her goes. Anyways, I really enjoy this song. It's a lot of fun, especially the verses, and the production is perfect to my ears. It's such a banger. It's never been one of my favorites, but I still really enjoy it. The mini electric guitar breakdown after the bridge might be my favorite part. The song is featured in the very first episode of season four, "Sweet Home Hannah Montana" which revolves around...
... Miley, Lilly, Jackson and Robby moving to their really cool new house that looks very Tennessee but is somewhere in Malibu I think. Robby told Miley that he brought something special from home for her bedroom, which turned out to be everything from her old room in Tennessee when she was a kid, fue to her saying she wished she could pack it all up and ship it home. This was of course, a spur of the moment thing and not something she actually wanted, and Miley and Lilly are horrified to see it. Instead of hurting her dad's feelings and telling the truth, she decides to do something similar, by using a shirt that's very bright and loud that's similar to one he had when she was a kid that he hated. To get the shirt, she needs 50,000 tickets, and a girl comes up with that amount, wanting a big tiger. When Miley starts beating up the tiger to convince the kid she shouldn't get it, the kid says, "Stop it, you're hurting Hannah!" as in Montana, so Miley has Lilly keep the girl occupied while she gets into costume, and performs a song dedicated to the girl, it being this song. She only does the first verse and pre-chorys, but afterwards she says she'll sing whatever the kid wants, for 50,000 tickets, to which the girl happily agrees. She gives the shirt to her dad, and he tries to avoid hurting Miley's feelings the way she did, saying he loves the shirt. After threatening to take him out like that, he admits he hates the shirt, and when he doesn't get the point, Lilly explodes, explaining Miley hates her room. They of course, have a small little heart-to-heart and Miley and Lilly decide to convert the barn into a cool bedroom.
It's a solid season opener, setting up the last year for the show. Critically speaking, AllMusic used the song as an example of the soundtracks "scattered" sound calling it a "new wave-tinged dance-pop" song and Common Sense Media says through this song Hannah sings about "having fun on the dance floor".

Y'all were pretty mixed on the song. I hope Ms. Poptarts won't be too mad at @DJHazey (5): Yes, bring the synths back. Unfortunately, unlike Kiss it Goodbye for example, this a relatively toothless and kind of repetitive. I appreciate the style a lot but it's like a demo-form of something I'd love. I understand this point of view, but it sounds finished to me. @M24 (6.8) prefers previous party songs: The party song of this album. It goes nowhere though, I guess HR had already used up all the bangers for the previous soundtracks. This is still a banger. And I don't think Human Resources controls what goes on soundtracks. @savilizabeths (6.5) likes the verses: The verses are actually pretty damn fun but the chorus just doesn’t work. It’s kinda grating. The bridge is cringe too. Oh well. I used to find it a little grating too, but it grew on me.

Finally, we have @iheartpoptarts who gave this song over any other Hannah song her 11, and had one request: Post the Almighty Mix and I'll heart you forever, I stan it so much and it's basically what I'm voting for here. I prefer it in Radio Mix length, but you know, whichever link works. Anything you want.

The song:

The Almighty Mix:

(Okay I totally understand why this specifically is your 11. A banger.)
And a Toby Gad co-write/production that never gets old:
 
Nooooooooooooooo!

I mean the thread title kind of gave it away but nooooooo.

I knew that'd be a flop 11 but I also kind of wishful-thinking-hoped its optionalness would mean only stans would bother to vote for it.

Go find the Almighty Radio Mix all of you, it's perfect and it's out there and it's the definitive version. I'll be over here getting my old iPod life!

(It's legitimately in my old iPod top 100 most played of ever. Take that, non-fictional popstars.)
 
A couple of you might be upset about this one....


















































































#69 – Hoedown Throwdown: 6.67
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Highest: 2x10s (@Ana Raquel @savilizabeths) 3x9.5s (Me, @Sprockrooster @M24) 1x9 (@Sprocky’s BF)
Lowest: 1x0 (@iheartpoptarts) 1x1 (@Guy)
My Score: 9.5
Favorite Lyric: This isn’t really the kind of song that has a lyrical standout.

Trajectory
5 Voters: #64
10 Voters: #82
15 Voters: #66
19 Voters: #69
Total Points: 126.75

Hoedown Throwdown was written by Adam Anders & Nikki Hassman for Hannah Montana: The Movie. They also co-wrote Love That Lets Go and Send It On, and have worked with other Disney artists lots of times. A country-pop song, it’s all about Miley giving instructions on a dance called the “Hoedown Throwdown”. It’s honestly a whole lot of fun. I still do the dance all the time when I listen to this, if I’m not busy with something else. Despite my love for it as a kid, I just couldn’t give it a 10. I’m not sure why. It’s great! I love it! But I feel like something’s missing for me. I guess it just doesn’t work for me as a stand-alone song subtracted from the dance. And that’s fine. Anyways, the song is of course featured in the movie, when Miley and her family are at a little fund-raiser and it’s open-mic night (Robby sings Back To Tennessee, and Queen Taylor makes a special appearance to sing Crazier during this scene), so Travis, the love interest for Miley, convinces her to get up there and sing. This is the song she decides to perform, getting the whole place to dance along. It’s a very enjoyable and light-hearted moment in the movie. The song is also featured at the beginning of the end credits. The song was performed as part of Miley’s Wonder World Tour, and was included in the DVD of her concert at the O2 in London that goes with the deluxe of Can’t Be Tamed. She clearly had a lot of performing this, and getting the people in the audience to dance. Critically, reviews were a tad negative with About.com saying the song is a “misstep…that sounds like Disney’s trying a liiitle bit too hard to cover all genres”, AllMusic calling the song “goofy” and saying it “feels more like a parody of down-home fun than a tribute to it”, and EW calling the song a “sort of goofy Hee Haw burlesque.” Oof.

You guys seemed to like it more. Well, most of you. @iheartpoptarts (0) hates this: As soon as I read we only got one zero each I knew this was it. You don’t like the country sound, right? I bet if this was bubblegum pop, you’d be all over it. @DJHazey (5) has an iconic father: This is one my of my Dad's all-time favorite songs and I don't even remember how it goes. Seriously, he has the video saved to his favorites. Me, well I can understand why a lot of fans are about to talk about how well they can do the dance and all that, but it's a bit corny if you ask me. I know there will be some nostalgic-induced hate coming my way but hey I'm not killing it with my score or anything! It is corny, but that’s part of the fun. And you should get your dad to join the forum dddd. I caused a crisis in @pop3blow2 (7.5): I literally never knew how I felt about this song. A decade later & I still don’t know! Thanks for sending me into crisis of pop perception again, @Music Is Life. I can’t decide if falls into that annoying ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ side of pop that I'll just never like or if it’s a low-key kitschy-classic that I should appreciate more. I guess either way, it’s not something I ever really come back to… even though it was a pretty big hit. I will admit, it’s a mood… and I turned it over 80% of the time it came on back in the day. (which was a lot on Radio Disney.) I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to! Good luck in figuring that out, but personally, I’d go with kitschy-classic. The rest of y’all loved this. @Entropy (7) doesn’t dance as often as he’d like: I can still do the Hoedown Throwdown and I relish every opportunity I get to do it (which is never). I will never regret the hours I spent watching a Youtube dance tutorial Just put it on at home and get your life. And not to brag, but I self-taught myself the dance. @M24 (9.5) might need one of those tutorials: I know it's dumb and basic, but I unapologetically love this. Makes me want to attempt the dance. Do it. You won’t regret it. And finally, @savilizabeths (10) had an experience to die for: Say what you will, but it bops. You don’t know joy until you experience an entire group of performing arts kids when someone plays this, all doing the dance together. Trust me, it was a moment. My sister and I also used to sing this with my parents on road trips. Hilarious. This song gets right what I feel like ‘Ice Cream Freeze’ gets wrong. It’s ridiculous but the catchiest ear worm ever. I am dancing in my seat because how can you help it? That sounds amazing and you’re so lucky for that. I still prefer Ice Cream Freeze though.

Get your life people:

The scene from the movie:

Performance from tour:

And a Hassman/Anders co-write I personally love:
 
#68 – I’ll Always Remember You: 6.68
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(Found online)
Highest: 1x10 (Me) 1x9.5 (@DJHazey)
Lowest: 2x4s (@phily693 @Ana Raquel)
My Score: 10
Favorite Lyric:
Another chapter in the book, can’t go back but you can look. And there we are on every page, memories I’ll always save. (As a big reader/writer, I’m a sucker for a good book metaphor, and this just hits my feels.)
Trajectory
5 Voters: #57
10 Voters: #60
15 Voters: #69
19 Voters: #68
Total Points: 100.2

I’ll Always Remember You was written by Mitch Allan and Jessi Alexander, and produced by Allan for Hannah Montana Forever and its accompanying season. The two of them have an extensive number of credits across music, and both will be popping up later, so as always, their Wiki pages are linked with their names. Now, I’m gonna be honest: this is another one of my “disappointed but not surprised” eliminations, as I love this song so, so much, and was hoping it’d do really well, but knew it wouldn’t. It actually did better than I expected, and is the first optional song to cross points so
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Anyways, the song is a country/pop-rock ballad about saying goodbye to people you love, and is low-key a perfect graduation song. The amount of times I listened to this during my senior year of high school…probably uncountable. I even almost performed it at that year’s talent show. I just love it so much. The production is so sweet and pretty, and the way it builds perfectly with Miley’s voice before launching into that chorus, which is melodic heaven, and then peeling back for the verse again…it’s just perfection. The lyrics are cheesy, but sweet, and an honest reflection of what it’s like to say goodbye to you closest friends. I’m really happy it did well here. Thank you all. Now, show wise, the song is first featured in the season 4 episode of the same name, which is a two-parter and is a very intense and important moment in the series, so here goes:
Miley’s preparing to tell the Hannah secret to her new boyfriend Jesse and practicing with Lilly, when he arrives. She gets ready to tell him when he reveals he already knows, because he paid attention – something no one has really done before and it’s actually a really sweet moment, indicating Jesse is truly “the one”. She invites back into the Hannah band, as he had been a part of it in season 3, but when he kisses her on the cheek during a TV performance, he has to be “Hannah’s” boyfriend and not Miley’s. This creates a problem when Jesse talks to Miley in public, telling her his dad is coming home – remember Been Here All Along? – and she hugs him in celebration. People of course, notice and take pictures, and Jesse quickly becomes known as the guy who cheated on Hannah Montana, making it practically impossible for him to go out in public. This leads to a separation as a couple for the two. After this, letters from Stanford arrive for Lilly and Miley, who are hoping to get accepted. Miley reveals she didn’t get in, and Lilly admits the same, until Robby pointed out that she did. Lilly of course, was trying to protect her friend. Miley decides to drive all the way to Stanford to find out why she didn’t get in, and it’s because she didn’t have enough – or rather any – extracurricular activities, due to her being busy as Hannah Montana. She can’t tell the admissions person this so she drives home, and just as she gets back – tired and hungry – Lilly comes up with the idea of Miley saying she was Hannah Montana’s assistant. Miley angrily goes back to the college to tell the admissions person this, and she tells Miley she needs proof of employment, such as corroboration from Hannah herself. So Miley drives all the way back home to change into her Hannah costume, than goes all the way back to Stanford to talk to the admissions lady. Instead of immediately getting Miley accepted, this just adds her to the waitlist, so Miley goes back home, where Lilly tells her she won’t go to Stanford without Miley, being the great friend she is. After this, Jesse shows up at the front door playing guitar and singing “Barefoot Cinderella” and the two of them make up. Lilly, Jesse and Miley plan to go out, and when Miley goes to get ready she starts seeing herself as Hannah talking to her and taunting her about all the sacrifices her friends are making just because of her secret. Clearly sleep and food deprived, she tries to shake it off and goes back to her friends, when she starts to hallucinate them being really mad and mean about how she’s making their lives so hard, and when they try to calm her down, she yells at them to say what they’re really thinking. She has a small heartfelt talk with her dad, then goes to her Hannah closet, and while reminiscing about past episodes represented through outfits, this song plays. As the song ends, she sits down next to “Hannah” and says thank you - the single cover I found! The next day, she’s back on the Jay Leno show (where Jesse kissed Hannah) and talking to the audience at the microphone, takes off her wig and sings a song live for the first time as Miley publicly in front of cameras (the song is actually Wherever I Go, this being the first time that’s featured in the show, so it was originally a goodbye song to Hannah). Backstage, Lilly takes off her Lola wig, and Robby removes his fake mustache and hat, showing their real selves like Miley. With that, the episode ends. This episode is the last time we ever see Miley as Hannah, as well as Lilly in her Lola disguise. I’m sure you can imagine how emotional this episode makes me, and how it’s such a big deal. It blew my mind when I first watched it, cause I never imagined Miley would tell the world her secret, though she comes close to giving up Hannah in the movie.
Whew, so yeah, that was a lot. I actually teared up a little writing that. Anyway, the only critic that commented on the song was AllMusic, who called it a goodbye “to her friends” and a “sappy but effective ballad tailor-made for middle-school graduation parties.” That sounds kinda insulting, so fuck you AllMusic.


All our commenters seemed to like it. @iheartpoptarts (6) says something about the soundtrack as a whole: The slower ones have improved on this album, I think. Yeah they’re all pretty great, but I’d also argue no improvement was needed. Then again, I am a stan. @M24 (7.2) gives a simple little comment: Decent goodbye song. In context of the show, it’s even better. @savilizabeths gets really serious: This makes me feel a little sad and nostalgic for the end of high school. Mostly because there’s so much hope for the future then and I genuinely feel like I lost that and am now just so aimless. On the bright side though, this is quite gorgeous. Are you okay? You can always talk to me. Finally, our second highest scorer @DJHazey (9.5) would probably like a live performance: This is fit for all the lighters cellphone flashlights in the arena. What an instantly addictive chorus to savor for years to come. That "yesterday's gone...keep movin' on" rhyme is probably basic fodder to most but it's a melody that grabs my attention immediately. It would be perfect for that. And I’m so happy you recognize the melodic greatness of that chorus.

Have a quiet cry people:

The wonderful montage scene from the episode:

And a few Mitch Allan co-writes that are amazing. He knows how to give quality songs to our Disney girls:


 
Dddd honestly that set was just insane.

And yes, it is.

That closet is something.

As far as Cotton Eyed Joe, I always found it unbelievably grating. As such, I use it as a personal meter for the 'grate scale' in pop. That's why I mentioned it all. There's was always a slightly grating aspect to Hoedown, to me. That said, I did listen to an episode of the Switched On Pop podcast this year, that made me rethink Cotton Eyed Joe some. I still don't really enjoy it, but the deep dive into its success & why, was fascinating.

https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/why-is-90s-pop-so-bizarre?
 

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