Song Elimination Tournament, Final Results

[rock888nwo]

here are the COMPLETE results from the tournament...
there were some great matchups along the way

Round 1
Out of Control defeats Wake Up Dead Man 29-11
Vertigo defeats Mofo 20-19
Streets defeats God Part II 37-3
The Fly defeats Stay 26-13

One defeats Zooropa 29-11
11 O'Clock Tick Tock defeats Dirty Day 23-17
Beautiful Day defeats City of Blinding Lights 21-19
OOTS defeats Yahweh 22-18

Gloria defeats Last Night On Earth 24-16
Please defeats Wild Horses 30-10
Sort of Homecoming defeats The Unforgettable Fire 24-16
Walk on defeats Miracle Drug 32-8

Sunday Bloody Sunday defeats I Will Follow 27-12
ISHFWILF defeats Heartland 26-14
The First Time defeats Your Blue Room 24-16
Miss Sarajevo defeats October 26-14

Gone defeats Numb 31-9
Lemon defeats Ultraviolet 21-19
Love and Peace defeats Bullet the Blue Sky 21-20*
In God's Country defeats One Tree Hill 23-17

40 defeats MLK 32-8
WOWY defeats Red Hill Mining Town 32-8
Acrobat defeats Angel of Harlem 26-14
All I Want Is You defeats New Year's Day 21-19

Do You Feel Loved defeats EBTTRT 21-19
Until the End of the World defeats Elevation 34-6
Zoo Station defeats Discotheque 21-19
Mysterious Ways defeats Miami 36-4

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own defeats Kite 21-19
RTSS defeats Pride 23-17
Bad defeats An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart 38-2
The Electric Co defeats Exit 23-17

Round 2
Out of Control defeats Vertigo 28-16
Where the Streets Have No Name defeats The Fly 31-13

One defeats 11 O'Clock Tick Tock 38-6
Beautiful Day defeats OOTS 37-7

Please defeats Gloria 25-19
A Sort of Homecoming defeats Walk On 23-21

SBS defeats I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 29-15
Miss Sarajevo defeats The First Time 29-15

Gone defeats Lemon 23-21
In God's Country defeats Love and Peace or Else 29-15

With Or Without You defeats 40 41-3
All I Want Is You defeats Acrobat 28-16

Until the End of the World defeats Do You Feel Loved 37-7
Mysterious Ways defeats Zoo Station 27-17

RTSS defeats Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 24-20
Bad defeats The Electric Co. 36-8

Round 3
Streets def. Out of Control 44-5
One def. Beautiful Day 36-13

Please def. A Sort of Homecoming 24-23
Sunday Bloody Sunday def. Miss Sarajevo 39-10

Gone def. In God's Country 31-17
WOWY def. All I Want Is You 32-17

UTEOTW def. Mysterious Ways 39-10
Bad def. RTSS 38-11

Quarterfinals
Where the Streets Have No Name defeats One 28-22
SBS defeats Please 33-17
WOWY defeats Gone 41-9
Bad defeats UTEOTW 28-21 (one tie)

Semifinals
Where the Streets Have No Name defeats SBS 37-10
Bad defeats With Or Without You 26-21

Final Matchup
Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Bad

And the winner is...
Where the Streets Have No Name
Streets defeated Bad 26-15

i hope everyone had some fun voting, as i sure had fun making the matchups and calculating the results

if anything, this showed us that U2's older songs (80s) are more favored than their newer releases (90s, 00s)

no song past joshua tree made it into the final four

it should be noted that achtung baby AND pop both did do very well here, although the same cannot be said for atyclb or htdaab

i personally do not think streets is U2's best song ever, but, based upon the results, it is the most popular

streets "outscored" its competition (god pt. 2, the fly, out of control, one, sunday bloody sunday, and bad) by a stunning total of 203-68...its closest competition was one

thanks for voting everyone, and i'm going to work on coming up with something else interesting for everyone!

 

[Axver]

Well, that was heaps of fun! I enjoyed that. And although I voted for Bad, I'm just as happy to see Streets win.

 

[Lila64]

I voted for Mysterious Ways

Oh, and 'Bad' too.

It was fun - thanks!

 

[VertigoGal]

Thanks for doing the poll.

Bad should've won though.

 

[Zoots]

Thanks for doing the poll.

Bad should've won though.

You think Bad is better than Streets?

 

[xtihn]

This was a fun game, but i wonder if the final outcome would be the same if you match up different songs.

this game setup reminds me of march madness...it would be interesting to see among the players who's the best at guessing which song will win in each round.

 

[VertigoGal]

You think Bad is better than Streets?

Aye.

And you don't? huh? HUH?

 

[Axver]

You think Bad is better than Streets?

I know you didn't ask me, but I voted for Bad because in this contest, we were voting on the basis of both studio and live. I think U2's two very best studio songs are 1. Streets, because it's so amazingly epic, and 2. Bad, because it's the zenith of minimalism, the perfection of Edge's craft. So why did I vote Bad? Because live, there is extremely little better than Bad, and despite a few exceptional Lovetown performances, I can't give Streets the edge there.

 

[the rockin edge]

Thanks for doing the poll.

Bad should've won though.

what she said

 

[rock888nwo]

xtihn...without a doubt, where i placed these songs originally greatly influenced who made it into which round...however, i think streets would have won regardless of where it was placed...

 

[I'm Ready]

fun poll but ueotw is better than bad

 

[00Kevin]

streets is my favorite song by them, so i'm happy, but i still can't believe a sort of homecoming beat the unforgettable fire in round one

 

[uwwedoogie]

Streets woohoo

 

[namkcuR]

I'm still irked that SBS beat Miss Sarajevo. It's not that I don't love SBS, it's just that I love Miss Sarajevo more.

 

[Exit thru Wire]

Enjoyed the poll rock888nwo!

I think some of the earlier matchups were a bit harsh tho, God Part II + zooropa are two of my fav songs, but it is hard to see them beating Streets and One.

 

[MacPhistoPT]

Thank you for this poll, good job!

Streets

 

[miss becky]

Thanks for doing the poll! It was fun.

 

[cobl04]

xtihn...without a doubt, where i placed these songs originally greatly influenced who made it into which round...however, i think streets would have won regardless of where it was placed...

Very true.

You must be congratulated rock888nwo. This poll was a lot of fun. Hope the next one's as good as this one was (no pressure). Let's just hope there's no fights in the next one.

 

[Cassis]

we need another set up for a nwe determintaion
streets musnt win

 

[Sevikins]

Lovely poll.
A bit disappointed over the results but thanks for the time you took to create this game.

 

[RavenBlue]

Yeay Streets!!

 

[Lila64]

maybe try different matchups next time? And maybe include a few more songs... perhaps... My daughter is requesting ABOY, even though it may not be regarded highly by some on Interference... and Electrical Storm, oh and I can keep going, but you catch my drift