Help wanted - additional info for almost 3,000 songs!

Post by **Henrik** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:34 am

In the attached Excel sheet I have almost 3,000 pre-2015 songs that I plan to add to AM. When these songs have been added I will extend the all-time list from 6,000 to 10,000 songs.

I need help to complete the info in the spreadsheet. If you want to help me, tell everyone else what you're planning to do (here in this thread) and when you're done post the updated spreadsheet. Thanks in advance!

If you are uncertain if a band is mainly female fronted, go with the main vocalist. Or use the L column to write comments. This is a similar thread to the 3 years old "Help wanted - additional info for over 4,000 songs!" thread.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1344
If you have any other questions, you might find answers in the discussion there.

I will also need a Spotify playlist of all these songs, but it's probably better to start a separate thread for that.

However, I have finally realised that I don't have enough time to add these songs in this year's update. It will be an update where 2015 albums and songs will be added plus a lot of all-time lists, etc. Many of the almost 3,000 songs presented here appear in the new all-time lists and would make the update of the 6,000 list if they were added. But I just don't have enough time, so it will have to be an "incomplete" new top 6,000. Even if I could get quick help with this spreadsheet it's a lot of work left for me to do, that requires more time than I currently have.

PS. Of course, if you don't have time to help, you're still welcome to have a sneak preview of what's coming up...

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:54 am

Are there supposed to be only 80 songs in the spreadsheet?

Post by **Henrik** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:57 am

No, 2778 to be exact. They are all visible to me???

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:58 am

Only the first 80 are visible to me.

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:07 am

Nevermind, they all appear now, I'll take #-A.

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:28 am

Is is absolutely necessary to introduce Michel Sardou and Serge Lama songs?

Otherwise, just a note: "Là-bas" is not credited to Jean-Jacques & Sirima Goldman but to Jean-Jacques Goldman & Sirima. Sirima was never a member of Goldman's family, she was a singer in Paris' subway; she impressed Goldman in some way and was invited to sing a duet with him. Her sudden resulting popularity in France had her lover become jealous of her, and he assassinated her. A very tragic story.

I will probably help with this later, but I need to clarify my own agenda before committing myself to it.

Post by **Henrik** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 11:07 am

The Michel Sardou song is listed in no less than 6 French lists.

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:07 pm

Bang Jan wrote:I'll take #-A.

Done!

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:48 pm

Henrik wrote:The Michel Sardou song is listed in no less than 6 French lists.

OK then I guess it's unavoidable

It's just that I hate this guy.

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:49 pm

Going for V - Z

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:50 pm

I'll let someone else do B-C and take D-E.

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:16 pm

Nassim wrote:Going for V - Z

Done

spiritualized · Post by **spiritualized** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:00 pm

I'll help & go for the Bees and Seas

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:32 pm

I'll do F-G.

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:08 pm

Done D-E, I'll take H-I.

Huangal70 · Post by **Huangal70** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:12 am

I know this may not be helpful but can i just ask if there are any plans to do a similar thing with albums (it seems a bit odd to have 10 000 songs and keep the 3 000 albums) and also if the bubbling under section will stay or if the expansion will remove the need for that (again it may be odd to have albums bubbling under but no songs)?

Post by **Henrik** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:19 am

Jap123 wrote:I know this may not be helpful but can i just ask if there are any plans to do a similar thing with albums (it seems a bit odd to have 10 000 songs and keep the 3 000 albums) and also if the bubbling under section will stay or if the expansion will remove the need for that (again it may be odd to have albums bubbling under but no songs)?

I'm planning to increase the albums list eventually. Maybe not to 10,000, but at least to 5,000.

There will still always be bubbling unders for both albums and songs. When these almost 3,000 songs have been added there will be around 12,000 songs on AM in total.

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:28 pm

Finished H-I

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:38 am

A few things I noticed:

Donovan's "Hey Gyp" should be listed by its complete title, "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)".
Radiohead's "House of Cards" was released as a single (in 2008).
U2's "Please" was released as a single (1997).
The White Stripes' "Jolene" was originally released as a B-side in 2000 (studio version), but was not released as an A-side single until 2004 (live version).
The Beatles' "When I'm 64" should be written out as "When I'm Sixty-Four", as per the spelling on the album sleeve.

spiritualized · Post by **spiritualized** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:27 pm

Done for B & C, phew that took longer than expected !

New-songs-2016-update.xls

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:37 am

Sorry for the holdup. Here's F-G. I didn't realize until partway through that the singles column was for US and UK only. I thought it also counted released in the artist's home country. Also, the French title capitalization amy needle further double-checking...

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:39 am

I guess I'll take J-K now.

Post by **Henrik** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:00 pm

Fantastic job, everyone!

After all, I think there's a good chance that these songs can be included in the coming update! But before I can match these songs against the songs that are already on AM, I need this info complete to determine which critics' lists the songs were eligible for. So it would be really really great if L-U also could be done within a week or two.

The Spotify links for these songs aren't quite as urgent. They can be added as the last step in the process.

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:27 am

Added Sweepstake Ron F-G part to the main file and did T & U.

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:51 pm

Here's J-K! One song here ("Happy House" by The Juan MacLean) is already on AM. I sincerely hope there aren't any more cases of this...

Henrik, should I work on the EOY spreadsheets now? Or is this more urgent?

Post by **Henrik** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:24 am

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Here's J-K! One song here ("Happy House" by The Juan MacLean) is already on AM. I sincerely hope there aren't any more cases of this...

Henrik, should I work on the EOY spreadsheets now? Or is this more urgent?

Thanks!

If it's ok with you I prefer if you continue with this.

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:31 am

Henrik wrote:
Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Here's J-K! One song here ("Happy House" by The Juan MacLean) is already on AM. I sincerely hope there aren't any more cases of this...

Henrik, should I work on the EOY spreadsheets now? Or is this more urgent?
Thanks!

If it's ok with you I prefer if you continue with this.

Alright, guess I'll take L-M.

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:17 pm

I'll take S

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 3:41 am

Just making sure: if the main artist is male and the featured artist is female, and only the featured artist does vocals, do I put "yes" for the female-fronted column?

Post by **Henrik** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:37 am

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Just making sure: if the main artist is male and the featured artist is female, and only the featured artist does vocals, do I put "yes" for the female-fronted column?

Yes

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:00 pm

L-M is done! Well, mostly done. There were a few things I could not figure out (mostly in column H, because gender is a confusing thing). I hope you don't mind, Henrik.

Post by **Henrik** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:42 pm

Thanks Nassim, Sweepstakes Ron and Bang Jan!

Now the only letters that haven't been taken are N-R.

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:13 pm

I'll take N-O.

EmilienDelRey · Post by **EmilienDelRey** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:14 pm

I'll do P-Q.

EmilienDelRey · Post by **EmilienDelRey** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:53 am

P-Q is done.

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:00 pm

N-O is complete. How's it going, Bang Jan?

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:48 pm

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:N-O is complete. How's it going, Bang Jan?

S is done!

Post by **Henrik** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:19 pm

Thanks Emilien, Ron & Jan!

It's almost over, but not quite yet...

1. I think R has not been done.
2. Here is a spreadsheet of another 75 songs that have appeared on recently added lists.

I hope someones could volunteer for these as well. Thanks in advance!

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:21 pm

I'll take the second set

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 4:14 pm

Bang Jan wrote:I'll take the second set

Done! Someone else can do R.

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:14 am

I've started R (through Razika). Can continue later if nobody picks it up, but probably won't have time for the next couple days.

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:00 pm

Moonbeam wrote:I've started R (through Razika). Can continue later if nobody picks it up, but probably won't have time for the next couple days.

I promised to help with this; I'll do it then

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 3:17 pm

I'm done with letter R!

Unrelated, but Henrik, did you notice that I added the Band Yarouze list to the spreadsheet here?

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:12 am

So Henrik, is there a certain cutoff date for new lists to be added to the update?

Post by **Henrik** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:53 am

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:So Henrik, is there a certain cutoff date for new lists to be added to the update?

No, not yet. Every new songs list delays the update a bit, but I can't resist adding them...

Post by **Henrik** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:55 am

Pierre wrote:I'm done with letter R!

Unrelated, but Henrik, did you notice that I added the Band Yarouze list to the spreadsheet here?

Thanks Bang Jan, Moonbeam and Pierre!

Yes Pierre, I saw the list. I'm just not working on albums at the moment.

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:00 am

Henrik wrote:
Pierre wrote:I'm done with letter R!

Unrelated, but Henrik, did you notice that I added the Band Yarouze list to the spreadsheet here?
Thanks Bang Jan, Moonbeam and Pierre!

Yes Pierre, I saw the list. I'm just not working on albums at the moment.

Alright then, thanks for confirming

Sweepstakes Ron · Post by **Sweepstakes Ron** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 5:21 pm

Happy September, everyone!

Henrik, is there a 3rd set to fill out coming up?

Post by **Henrik** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:57 am

Sorry for the delay of this, but here is a spreadsheet of more than 3000 songs this time! I have copied country/state info from another spreadsheet for artists already on AM. The other columns need complete coverage.

Many, many thanks in advance to anyone who grabs a letter!

Bang Jan · Post by **Bang Jan** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:16 am

I'll take #-B