Grammy History Talk: Song of the Year

[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 7 Posts: 707 View Predictions]

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This is a very interesting category. What wins were deserving, who should have won what year, and what songs should’ve been nominees?

I’ll start: U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” losing to fucking “Somewhere Out There” is one of the most egregious losses in this category.

So is an Ed Sheeran song beating out the masterpiece that is “Alright”.

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[ciguanaba Joined: Jan 26th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 3938 View Predictions]

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Blank Space should’ve won.

If we’re talking about non-nominated tracks, Fiona Apple’s Paper Bag & Extraordinary Machine should’ve won.

Was Losing my Religion nominated? It also should’ve won.

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 7 Posts: 707 View Predictions]

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ciguanaba wrote:

Was Losing my Religion nominated? It also should’ve won.

Yes, it was. For both, in fact. It should’ve won both.

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[arodfan Joined: Mar 25th, 2020 Topics: 7 Posts: 707 View Predictions]

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Put Your Records On deserved over Not Ready to Make Nice

NO. That is the one category the Dixie Chicks deserved that year. Corinne didn’t deserve either of her ROTY/SOTY noms. (BTW, the other Dixie Chicks awards should’ve gone to Gnarls Barkley and JT.)

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[wilfredpickles Joined: Jul 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 432 View Predictions]

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Royals is my favourite win of the decade here, especially given the influence Lorde’s first album seemed to have on later artists.

Thinking Out Loud over Alright stung, especially given Ed’s album had been nominated the year before. So weird that he was even allowed to submit.

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8872 View Predictions]

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The back-to-back Roberta Flack wins were iconic

The tie between Evergreen and Debby Boone was a ****ing embarrassment.

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[Gucci Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 17025 View Predictions]

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Honey, the gorgeous “Pretty Wings” should’ve won Song of the Year.

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[Monsoon 🌊 Joined: Aug 11th, 2020 Topics: 23 Posts: 2236 View Predictions]

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We Belong Together deserved over Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own

This was a slap in Mariah’s face. WBT was the song of the decade. It should’ve won.

👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)

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Monsoon 🌊 wrote:

This was a slap in Mariah’s face. WBT was the song of the decade. It should’ve won.

Literally. Billboard backs it up.

The fact that even the Grammy producers played WBT when U2 was sooo telling.

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[ciguanaba Joined: Jan 26th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 3938 View Predictions]

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arodfan wrote:

Yes, it was. For both, in fact. It should’ve won both.

yes that was crazy. That’s an iconic song. Actually REM is my favorite band ever-they are the best band/songwriters in the history of pop/rock/indie music. And the fact that they didn’t win for that track is crazy.

in my mind they deserved nominations/wins for AOTY for:

MURMUR

RECKONING

LIFES RICH PAGEANT

DOCUMENT

GREEN

OUT OF TIME

AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE

NEW ADVENTURES IN HI FI

UP

And they should’ve won SOTY for

Fall on me,

It’s the end of the world as we know it,

Losing my Religion &

Man on the Moon

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[ciguanaba Joined: Jan 26th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 3938 View Predictions]

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Norman Fucking Rockwell deserved over bad guy

 

You Oughta Know deserved over Kiss from a Rose

 

YES YES

If NFR didn’t win, Lover or Bring my flowers now should’ve won. Bad guy is one of the worst SOTY winners in recent history.

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[abelfenty Joined: Jul 14th, 2018 Topics: 5 Posts: 1294 View Predictions]

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ciguanaba wrote:

Blank Space should’ve won.

Not when Alright by Kendrick Lamar was right there.

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[Boz Joined: Jan 19th, 2020 Topics: 23 Posts: 3290 View Predictions]

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We Are Young by fun. remains the best winner here.

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