Songs of 2006: Heat #5

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

It's the penultimate Heat of 2006! I can't do maths it transpires (or rather 'didn't think about needing to do any maths when I started this') so we will also actually have a post-heat-6 poll of the nearly-rans to get the numbers up to 40 but we're getting there.

Through from the Heat Of Death:
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (12)
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (11) (this rly surprises me! I thought it was the weakest single)
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No (10)
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (10)
Hot Chip - Over & Over (9)

And there's a four-way tie on 7, more of which later...


1. Tick SIX (6) songs wot you like the best of all of these.

2. They will go through to the 2006 final.

3. If you tell us what the best song you've heard out of the comments that you hadn't heard before is, you get a seventh tick for the next heat.

Extra ticks from last round go to koganbot and credoimprobus. (GUYS, it is so easy! You just write a thing in a box! You can lie if you like although obviously I'd rather you didn't and it wouldn't be in the interests of FAIR POLLIN' which might as well be our only attempt at a purpose etc. etc.)

[Poll #1734903]



Poll closes lunchtime GMT, Tuesday 3rd May.

Comments

missing song?

[redcommieapples.livejournal.com]

Where's Shakira's "Timor"??? I thought it had been nommed. It would have walked this heat.

Re: missing song?

[koganbot]

I'd have voted for it. No one specifically nominated it, however. Jeff and Kat had this convo during the 2005 noms:

Another ruling needed
jeff_worrell
2010-02-10 06:32 am (local) (link)
Is Shakira's "Timor" 2005 or 2006? I think the album came out in the US at the end of '05 but not in the UK until well into '06. I'd rather save it for 2006 if poss.

If it is '06 then my last nomination for '05 is:
Aavikko - "Rosinante"
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Re: Another ruling needed
katstevens
2010-02-11 09:53 am (local) (link)
Rosinante is IN, Timor is 2006.

Now, I would think that if "Timor" is 2006 that means that someone has to nominate it for 2006, not just mention it in 2005 while nominating another 10 songs (otherwise I could have asked about a whole bunch of 2006 songs in 2005 and then they'd have been automatically nominated for 2006 while meanwhile I got another 10 nominations in 2006, which wouldn't be fair to the rest of you), though I'm not sure how Kat actually did carryovers. Thought basically she carried over tracks that charted in a later year in the UK, and maybe some things that someone nominated that she decided belonged in a next year. But not something that someone didn't nominate but just inquired about. Anyhow, Jeff wrote this on the 2006 noms thread:

also I'm pretty sure Kat agreed when we were doing 2005 that "Timor" by Shakira (<-- best/most bonkers song ever) would appear on her spreadsheet of doom for 2006

But in fact I'm not sure saying "Timor is 2006" means that Kat agreed to anything. And since no one responded to Jeff's post...

Well, since the situation is ambiguous, I say we include "Timor" in the next heat, but that's only 'cause I might well tick it, and it is Shakira's (and therefore possibly the world's) most bonkers song ever.

Re: missing song?

[koganbot]

Or maybe we could even have a separate poll as to whether it gets included in the next heat, which would possibly inspire more people to listen to it.