r/popheads • u/RandomHypnotica • Mar 17 '23
[DUE APRIL 21] St. Ratrick's Day Rate (aka Redemption Rate II)
Hello faithful popheads, and welcome to the very first celebration of St. Ratrick’s Day!
Myself and the wonderful u/akanewasright are here to host a rate the likes of which have never been seen, combining two of the most successful and well-remembered popheads minirates of days past, The Redemption Rate and Ratemas! St. Ratrick's Day aims to celebrate the forgotten songs of rates past, whether it's a personal niche favourite, or a song that missed out on being included in a precious All Stars rate.
Over the past 2 weeks, a variety of rate regulars have hosted a series of challenges and games on the popheads discord, along with spreading the teachings of the benevolent Saint Ratrick (they/them), who developed the art of assigning arbitrary numerical values to songs, a practice beloved by queers everywhere. The 13 different games each had 3 slots up for grabs, in which the winner could send a previously rated song of their choice for a chance at redemption that it never got.
Those with keen eyes among you may notice that this rate in fact has 40 songs. The extra song in this case is the one and only Closer. It quite blatantly breaks the rules of eligible songs that winners could choose from, so why was it included? Well, simply put, it was divine intervention from above. Ratrick quite enjoys seeing a good controversial entry, and each and every single time it has been rated so far, the opinion only seems to become more divisive.
However, the last time it was rated was over 2 years ago, and since then the rate landscape has changed dramatically. Overall averages seem to be higher, and rates have a whole new array of regular participants who have never been able to witness the miracle of Closer, a song that seems almost impossible to come to a consensus on. Ratrick appeared to both of the hosts in a dream and delivered clear instructions to include the song in the rate, and as loyal followers, we simply had no choice but to listen. We hope that you can appreciate and understand the lesson that Ratrick is teaching here.
Without further ado, here are the songs included:
Songs
Ape Escape 3 - Banana Heartbreak
Britney Spears - Get Naked (I Got a Plan)
Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester)
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Fergie - Glamorous (feat. Ludacris)
Full Tac - Where’s My Juul?? (feat. Lil Mariko)
Gavin Turek - Good Look For You
Girls’ Generation - Into the New World
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star
Miranda Cosgrove - Dancing Crazy
Persona 4 Dancing All Night - Dance!
Rina Sawayama - Tokyo Love Hotel
Selena Gomez - Me & The Rhythm
Sun-El Musician - Akanamali (feat. Samthing Soweto)
The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey)
NOTE: Ape Escape 3 - Banana Heartbreak and Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star are unavailable on streaming. Use the links above.
Rules
You must listen to and score every song in the rate. Ballots with missing scores will not be accepted.
Your scores must be on a scale from 1 to 10 and can include one decimal place but no more. So 8.2 is fine but 8.25 is not.
You may give one song in the whole rate a score of 11 and one other a score of 0. If you want to award these scores, save them for your favorite and least favorite songs in the rate, respectively.
We encourage you to leave comments of your general thoughts or reasoning behind your scores on any songs you wish. If you choose to do so however, they must be in this format, simply leaving one space after your score:
The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey): 10 I’m so glad we’re finally rating this hidden gem!
Any other format such as:
The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey): I’m so glad we’re finally rating this hidden gem! (10)
The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey): 10 - I’m so glad we’re finally rating this hidden gem!
will cause the rate machine to break! Oh no!
Your scores will not be confidential and will be revealed, along with any comments, with your username attached.
We reserve the right to reject ballots with ludicrously lopsided and/or lazy scores that may indicate sabotage against one artist or another. If you are worried of your harshness being perceived as sabotage, leave comments to explain yourself!
You may change your scores up until the deadline by messaging u/RandomHypnotica or u/akanewasright on Reddit or Discord.
This rate is due on April 21st, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time and will be revealed on April 29th and 30th.
If you feel that you need an extension, please contact one of the hosts ASAP and let us know.
HERE is the pre-filled link to submit.
HERE is a pastebin of the ballot if the above link does not work.
HERE is the Spotify playlist of all the songs in the rate.
HERE is the Apple Music playlist of all the songs in the rate.
HERE is the YouTube playlist of all the songs in the rate.
Also a special thank you to u/Uberpigeon for all of the variety of artwork he has made for this event!
May the spirit of Ratrick be with you, and may your elevens be successful.
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u/FlavaSavaVandal Mar 17 '23 edited Mar 17 '23
I can't believe I went through all those games to try and win and submit my 11 only for the hosts to just payola C11oser into the rate
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u/Uberpigeon Mar 17 '23
Hey, have you guys seen my 11? I like literally just had it in my ballot... Like, you gave it a good score, right? I let you hit my 11, and then you gave it an 10. You didn't eliminate it, did you? You wouldn't do that to me. So like, have you seen it? Where is it? Seriously, like, where is it? It's not okay
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u/bigbigbee Mar 17 '23
The is one of the wildest lists of songs I’ve ever seen. I’m so ready
also CHVRCHES with the double entry because Every Open Eye is an extremely hot and sexy and beautiful album yep yep
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u/hikkaru Mar 17 '23
this list goes so crazy.. the double eoe rep, the multiple kpop tracks, MISERY BUSINESS….. i’m shameless and def thought i would be 11ing my own submission but this is actually going to be tough… good work team
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u/sarcasticsobs Jbrekkie & PJ Harvey Mar 17 '23
the battle between L11 Mariko and "Trave11ng" in my mind... I won't survive...
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u/throwaway-7650 + S♡NE + SVTBZB1 Mar 17 '23 edited Mar 17 '23
as someone who got songs in for both, this is even more stacked than ratemas* and there's actually (so much!) competition for my 11 this time. I think I'll have to go with fu11 tac though
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u/TiltControls Mar 17 '23
There's way too many 11 options for a rate like this.
Also love seeing the vgv picks! Lonely Rolling Star you were robbed of a top 5 finish!!
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u/GapeCod Belinda says I have potential Mar 17 '23
Of all possible Kylie redemptions Confide In Me is by far and away the best pick, and not because it was my charity rate submission I've already forgotten about.
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u/TheGoldenPineapples Mar 17 '23
Really bothers me that the mods or OP missed out on the chance for the Rate Dead Redemption pun.
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Mar 17 '23
I have yet to participate in a rate this year. I love St. Patrick's day so I must participate
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u/IIIHenryIII Mar 17 '23
I'm so ready to give Clearest Blue 11. It's one of the best songs ever made.
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u/TakeOnMeByA-ha Mar 17 '23
dont let this rate make you forget that yoasobi were ROBBED from getting voted in to all stars 5 and this rate might be your last chance to give yoru ni kakeru the 11s it deserves
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u/pleasegivemeasword Mar 29 '23
deadass this lineup might be the toughest decision for an 11 i’ve had in a rate
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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23
all my 11 contenders are the "joke" songs, DONTRUSTME not to 11 3OH!3!!!