FOFC Favorite OHW - Round 4 - Group A-D

[Breeze]

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A FINAL

a-ha - Take On Me (d. Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise - 38/4, The Silhouettes - Get A Job - 43/5, Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll Part 2 - 39/4)

Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis (d. Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune - 31/6, New Radicals - You Get What You Give - 30/15, 4 Non Blondes - What's Up - 22/21)


B FINAL

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (d. Thunderclap Newman - 35/9, Carl Dougless - Kung Fu Fighting - 22/19, Big Country - In A Big Country - 21/20)

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (d. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams - 33/8, Len - Steal My Sunshine - 28/12, ]Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz - 28/13)


C FINAL

Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (d. Joan Osborne - One of Us - 20/16, The Exciters - Tell Him - 20/14 , Los Del Rio - La Macarena - 23/17)

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U (d. Toadies - Possum Kingdom - 36/12, Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever - 25/13, Chris Isaak - Wicked Game - 22/19)


D FINAL

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (d. Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died - 36/9, Macy Gray - I Try - 33/3, Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight - 29/13)

Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (d. The Standells - Dirty Water - 20/11, Ace - How Long - 24/8, ? and The Mysterians - 96 Tears - TIEBREAKER 3/0)

[Breeze]

Down to 32 songs...but there are a couple of match ups here that look like they won't be very close...

[Breeze]

whoops...put the score not the year on Sinead O'Connor. Sorry about that.

[Breeze]

just a few hours left to vote on the songs that reach the sweet 16...

[Breeze]

really low voter turnout for this one...1 hour left

[Breeze]

a-ha vs cohn - cohn got a lot of support early, but the match up with 4 Non Blondes was telling. This ended up splitting about how I expected. a-ha continues to get around 80% of the votes - that'll be tough to beat.

The Verve vs Greenbaum - the classic rock song vs the late 90s hit - our demographic probably influenced this a bunch. Tough to get a read on how strong Bittersweet Symphony is because it's faced a tough opponent every round.

Collins vs O'Connor - no doubt here...Collins got to this point in the tournament without having 50% of the votes. His 47% vote selection was the lowest remaining. And yes, it did face a couple of tough opponents, but O'Connor's road appears to have been harder and she's still pulling almost 62% of the vote.

Proclaimers vs Vicki Sue - Vicki Sue won the tiebreaker with ?, but there was no question the road was going to end here. The Proclaimers have the 3rd best vote percentage through 3 rounds and are tied for 4th in total votes received.

The next round presents some good match ups...

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A-ha is going to win this? Oh man, not at all what I thought would happen.