[Shaun]

TiBB'S TOP SONG OF 2017

Welcome to the Top Song of 2017. If you're not sure of what this whole thing is, here are a few links to competitions of previous years:

2017: "Green Light" by Lorde
2016: "Into You" by Ariana Grande
2015: "Run Away With Me" by Carly Rae Jepsen
2014: "Chandelier" by Sia
2013: "Work" by Iggy Azalea
2012: "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean
2011: "Midnight City" by M83
2010: "What's My Name (feat. Drake)" by Rihanna
2009: "Sweet Disposition" by the Temper Trap
2008: "Womanizer" by Britney Spears

RULES (For the Regular Competition)
- For the early rounds, you may only vote for a maximum of two songs per artist. This game gets quite boring when dominated by stans. This'll become defunct in the later rounds when there most likely will only be one per artist remaining in the game.
- You must have 100 posts to participate. I'm not allowing multis
- Most rounds are just to vote for your favourites, but some will require 'negative' votes. These should be approached voluntarily rather than as mandatory, and members should only vote for songs they actively dislike rather than ones they don't like/might pick tactically.
- The final will consist of ten songs that're ranked by everyone on the basis of "10pts for the 1st place", "1pt for the 10th place" and so on.

We'll begin with a Top 200 of the year, hand-picked through the following methods:

- Any song that has appeared in the Top 15 of the UK single charts at any point from January 1 2017 to December 29 2017 (the last chart date of the year).
- Because streaming has effectively strangled the idea of anything new hitting the charts for a brief fling, I've had to also include anything that made the top 5 in Australia's ARIA 50 and top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100, but then this isn't just a site for Britons so that's not a problem really.
- Of those, songs originally released prior to January 1 - either as a single, or on an album released before July 2016 - have been removed.
- Also, songs that have appeared in previous editions of this game cannot count.
- And finally, re-releases of songs don't count (sorry, Mariah Carey and everyone else with a Christmas song).
- I've shoved in a handful of songs that did well in critics' "end of the year" lists from the likes of NME, Rolling Stone, Spin and Pitchfork too. I have bolded these.
- To save the list from becoming too repetitive, artists are restricted to just their 3 highest-charting songs. In the event of songs charting at the same place, only the song that charted first chronologically was included. This rule has only affected Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, Lorde, Eminem, Taylor Swift and Post Malone.

So here's how it will work..

PRELIMINARY ROUND I've compiled a list of 159 songs below, picked from singles that made the top 15 of the UK charts / other charts this year and songs that did well in critics' end-of-year lists (bolded)
QUALIFYING ROUND 41 songs are required to be voted into the game by the forum. EVERYONE can submit 5 songs to be supported by other members, and every member has 5 support votes. This'll be kept tally of in the OP, and will be edited into the main list in blue
Round 1: Out of the top 200, each member can choose their favourite TWENTY songs. The songs that get any votes will move onto Round 2. You cannot choose all 3 songs by an artist; a maximum of 2 per artist is enforced in the early rounds to keep it free from the pop stans
Round 2: Out of the top 162, each member can choose their favourite FIFTEEN songs. You cannot choose all 3 songs by an artist, and please keep them in alphabetical order. THANX.
Round 3: Out of the top 136, each member can choose their favourite TWELVE songs. NEW RULE PART HOPE YOU'RE READING X: You can also choose THREE songs you dislike and want eliminated from the competition. REMEMBER: only pick songs you actively dislike. Don't go trying to pick the faves of people you want to annoy, or any songs you haven't even bothered to listen to ONLY songs you dislike. You don't even have to do this if you want to keep it positive! Each "fave" vote is a positive point, each "purple" vote means that song loses a point. All songs with an end-of-round positive score of 1 or more will proceed.
Round 4: Out of the top 100, each member can choose their favourite TEN songs. The songs that get more than 1 vote will move onto Round 5. NEW RULE: ONLY VOTE FOR 1 SONG PER ARTIST FROM NOW ON!
Round 5: Out of the top 53, each member can choose their favourite TEN songs AND their THREE LEAST favourite songs. As with round 3, any song with a score of lower than positive one shall be eliminated. Please only vote for songs you actually dislike rather than ones you've not heard.
Round 6: Out of the top 47, each member can choose their favourite EIGHT songs.
Round 7: Out of the top 24, each member can choose their favourite FIVE songs.
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Round 7 (25 Songs)

Allie X - That's So Us
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
Ariana Grande - Everyday (feat. Future)
Bleachers - Don't Take the Money
Camila Cabello - Crying in the Club
Camila Cabello - Havana (feat. Young Thug)
Cardi B - Bartier Cardi (feat. 21 Savage)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Future - Mask Off
Jax Jones - Instruction (feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don)
Kendrick Lamar - LOYALTY. (FEAT. RIHANNA.)
Kesha - Praying
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life (feat. The Weeknd)
Lily Allen - Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs)
Little Mix - Power
Lorde - Green Light
Miley Cyrus - Malibu
Nadine Coyle - Go to Work
Rita Ora - Anywhere
Sigala - Came Here for Love (feat. Ella Eyre)
Steps - Scared of the Dark
St. Vincent - Los Ageless
SZA - Love Galore (feat. Travis Scott)
The XX - I Dare You

Round 6 (22 Songs Eliminated)

Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios
Clean Bandit - Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)
CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaeton Lento (Remix)
DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)
Drake - Passionfruit
Empire of the Sun - Way to Go
French Montana - Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)
Jaded - In The Morning
Kesha - Woman
The Killers - The Man
Lady GaGa - The Cure
Little Mix - No More Sad Songs
Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour
Marshmello - Silence (feat. Khalid)
Migos - MotorSport (feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj)
MK - 17
Paloma Faith - Crybaby
Paramore - Hard Times
Perfume Genius - Slip Away
P!nk - Beautiful Trauma
Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Stefflon Don - Hurtin' Me (feat. French Montana)

Round 5 (18 Songs Eliminated)

Alaska - Come to Brazil
Anton Powers & Pixie Lott - Baby
Camila Cabello - Never be the Same
Cardi B - Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)
Charli XCX - Boys
Charlie Puth - How Long
CupcakKe - 33rd
Erika Jayne - Xxpen$ive
Frank Ocean - Chanel
HAIM - Want You Back
J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente (Beyonce Remix)
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.
Lucie Jones - I Will Never Give Up On You
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (Justin Bieber Remix)
Paloma Faith - Guilty
PVRIS - Heaven
Rachel Platten - Broken Glass
Taylor Swift - ...Ready for It?

Round 4 (34 Songs Eliminated)

Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Childish Gambino - Redbone
Clean Bandit - I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels)
Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
Disciples - On My Mind
Dua Lipa - Lost In Your Light (feat. Miguel)
Eminem - In Your Head
G-Eazy - Him & I (feat. Halsey)
G-Eazy - No Limit (feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B)
Ilinca & Alex Florea - Yodel it!
James Hype - More Than Friends (feat. Kelli-Leigh)
Jorja Smith x Preditah - On My Mind
Kendrick Lamar - DNA.
Kesha - Learn to let Go
Lana Del Rey - Love
Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3
Little Mix - Is Your Love Enough?
Lorde - Homemade Dynamite
Mabel - Finders Keepers (feat. Kojo Funds)
Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl (Cheat Codes x Cade Remix)
Major Lazer - Know No Better (feat. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)
Martin Garrix - Scared to be Lonely (feat. Dua Lipa)
Nicki Minaj - No Frauds (feat. Drake & Lil Wayne)
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Rita Ora - Your Song
Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves
Sigrid - Don't Kill My Vibe
Starley - Call on Me (Ryan Riback Mix)
Stormzy - Blinded By Your Grace pt. 2 (feat. MNEK)
SZA - The Weekend
Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
Wolf Alice - Don't Delete the Kisses
Yungen - Bestie (feat. Yxng Bane)

Round 3 (36 Songs Eliminated)

Calvin Harris - Feels (feat. Katy Perry, Pharrell & Big Sean)
Calvin Harris - Slide (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos)
Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
Ed Sheeran - How Would You Feel (Paean)
Elbow - Golden Slumbers
Eminem - River (feat. Ed Sheeran)
Eminem - Walk on Water (feat. Beyonce)
Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Living in the City
Imagine Dragons - Believer
Jason Derulo - Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)
Jonas Blue - Mama (feat. William Singe)
Julia Michaels - Issues
Katy Perry - Bon Appetit (feat. Migos)
Katy Perry - Swish Swish (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Khalid - Young, Dumb & Broke
Lil Pump - Gucci Gang
Logic - 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid)
Major Lazer - Run Up (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj)
Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do (feat. SZA)
Megan McKenna - Far Cry From Love
Miley Cyrus - Younger Now
Mollie King - Hair Down
NF - Let You Down
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain
P!nk - What About Us
Pitbull - Only Ones to Know (feat. Leona Lewis)
Post Malone - Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
Sam Smith - Too Good at Goodbyes
The Script - Rain
Selena Gomez - Fetish
Stormzy - Big For Your Boots
Taylor Swift - Gorgeous
The War on Drugs - Strangest Thing
Yo Gotti - Rake It Up (feat. Nicki Minaj)
ZAYN - Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia)

Round 2 (26 Songs Eliminated)

21 Savage - Bank Account
Alma - Chasing Highs
Avicii - Lonely Together (feat. Rita Ora)
Big Sean - Bounce Back
Big Thief - Mary
Camelphat & Elderbrook - Cola
Cheat Codes - No Promises (feat. Demi Lovato)
Chris Brown - Questions
David Guetta - 2U (feat. Justin Bieber)
DJ Khaled - I'm the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne)
Drake - Blem
Drake - KMT (feat. Giggs)
Dua Lipa - Bad Together
Gucci Mane - I Get the Bag (feat. Migos)
Imagine Dragons - Thunder
James Arthur - Naked
Katie Price - I Got U
Katy Perry - Chained to the Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)
Kelela - Frontline
Khalid - Location
Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo)
Lorde - The Louvre
Louis Tomlinson - Back to You (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals)
Martin Solveig - Places (feat. Ina Wroldsen)
Train - Play That Song
U2 - Lights Of Home

Round 1 (39 Songs Eliminated)

6ix9ine - Gummo
Ariana Grande - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Bebe Rexha - Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line)
Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot
Calvin Harris - Heatstroke (feat. Young Thug, Pharrell Williams & Ariana Grande)
The Chainsmokers - Paris
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Like This
Charlie Puth - Attention
Chris & Kem - Little Bit Leave It
Craig David - I Know You (feat. Bastille)
Dave - No Words (feat. Mostack)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Enrique Iglesias - Subeme la Radio (feat. Matt Terry & Sean Paul)
Halsey - Bad at Love
J Hus - Did You See
Justin Bieber & BloodPop - Friends
Katie Melua - Fields of Gold
King Krule - Dum Surfer
Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision
Kygo & Ellie Goulding - First Time
Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
Kyle - iSpy (feat. Lil Yachty)
Lauv - I Like Me Better
Macklemore - Glorious (feat. Skylar Grey)
Macklemore - Good Old Days (feat. Kesha)
Majestic & TigerMonkey - Naughty Sesh
Martin Jensen - Solo Dance
Megan McKenna - High Heeled Shoes
Niall Horan - Slow Hands
Post Malone - Congratulations (feat. Quavo)
Post Malone - I Fall Apart
Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin
Rak-Su - Dimelo (feat. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy)
Ramz - Barking
Rudimental - Sun Comes Up (feat. James Arthur)
Sage the Gemini - Now and Later
Sam Hunt - Body Like a Back Road
Take That - Giants
Zedd - Stay (feat. Alessia Cara)