SFD

[Niveous]

I had hoped to put this in a better format but after sitting on this information for half of a year, I decided I just needed to share it.

Last year, I decided to undergo a giant labour of love- I listened to the entire SF Archive. And as I listened, I ranked the songs from 10 (Classic) to 1 (Unlistenable). Then I weeded the list down to my favorite 500 songs (weeding the list any smaller would cost me all of my sanity. It was hard to cut it to 500 as I had to chop off some good tunes). Ranking them in numerical order also proved to be a horrendous act, so I happily left it as a list of 500 favorites in no particular order. I was going to do a website with pictures and quotes but I didn't realize just how big a project that would be until I started putting it together. Now that so much time has passed, I figure it's best just to put out the list. So here is SFD, my top 500 favorite Songfight songs from 2000 to 2010:

...In Bed by Gert
1000 Words by Luke Henley
9/11 Was An Inside Job by Ross Durand
A Day in the Life by Josh Woodward
A Day in the Life by The Befores
A Friendly Reminder by Big Seed DNA
A Problem of Perspective by Merisan
A Promise is a Promise by Loyalty Day
A Promise is a Promise by Pompeii
A Scary Thing by Lonbobby
A Scary Thing by Paco del Stinko
A Tear by Lonbobby feat. Anita
A Woman On Paper by Anti-M
ABCD Puppies by Bjam
Accelerator by A Kid Named Ace
Accelerator by Seth
Acid Mouth by Frankie Big Face
Adaptation by Sun Li
Adonai by Doscientos
All Tan by Caravan Ray
All Tan by Steve Durand
All Tan by The Bewells
All We Could See at the Window by i.p.
Amsterdam by Balance Lost
Ancient by sonofsupercar
And Counting by Asteroids 57801-57900
And Counting by King Arthur
And Counting by Melvin
Angry All Over by The 'Over
Applesauce Baptism by Those Meddling Kids
April Morning, With a Peach by Chuck the Bear
April Morning, With a Peach by Smalltown Mike
Are You Having Fun? by Henrietta and the Hostage
Are You Having Fun? by Loyalty Day
Ark of Philadelphia by Stu Jordan
Ark of Philadelphia by Zinkline
As Icons of my Youth Fall Silent by Forty Second Songs
As Icons of my Youth Fall Silent by Max The Cat
As Icons of my Youth Fall Silent by sonofsupercar
At the Arcade by Hostess Mostess
At the Arcade by Renwick
Baby, Be Quiet by Jimmy Jet and his TV Set
Baby, Be Quiet by The Worldly Self-Assurance
Back To The Airplanes by A Funk Melanoma
Back to the Well by The Hell Yeahs
Bad Attraction by The Idiot Kings vs. Elijah Wyman
Bad Cat by Get
Bad Cat by Max The Cat
Baseball Vs. Opera by Hostess Mostess
Big Disco by Miss Teen Universe
Bioluminescence by The Bewells
Birthdays And Breakups by Blind Mime Ensemble
Bite Size by A Case of Octothorpe
Bitter Orange by noah mclaughlin
Bitter Orange by The Hell Yeahs
Blank Stare by Melvin
Blueberry Hassle by c.layne
Boundaries by Pink Pope
Boundaries by Thornberry
Brimming With Tears by Melvin
Brown Boxes by Abominominous
Bullseye Girl by Jute Gyte
Bullseye Girl by Raised by Wolves
Butterfly Massacre by Luke Henley's Heartland Choir
Cable Beach by Ben Krieger
Calico Alley by Berkeley Social Scene
Calico Alley by Dollar Bill and the Inkpoints
Cancer by Hoblit
Can't Take Our Love Away by Doctor Worm
Can't Take Our Love Away by Johnny Cashpoint
Can't Take Our Love Away by Jute Gyte
Capsaicin by Carpetburn
Capsaicin by The Cow Exchange
Cellar Door by Puce
Cemetery by 15-16 Puzzle
Chainsaw by The Air Kick Pigeon Band
Chainsaw by The Frontalittle Squad
City in Fog by Jan Krueger
City in Fog by MC Paul Denyer
Clause 5, Sub-Paragraph d) by WreckdoM
Client No. 9 by Renwick
Cold Sweat by The Sober Irishman
Come a Hellin' by Ross Durand
Come Down Where You Ought To Be by Berkeley Social Scene
Come Down Where You Ought To Be by Doctor Worm
Control Yourself by Dangerous Dave and the New Wave Soldiers
Control Yourself by Merisan
Control Yourself by the Semolina Pilchards
Cosmic Confirmation by Abiota
Cosmic Confirmation by Grub Et Al
Cosmic Confirmation by The White Hat
Couldn't Have Been Worse by Cloeset Dark Vepun Ind.
Couldn't Have Been Worse by Masterhyde
Couldn't Have Been Worse by PiGPEN
Covered in Bugs by Popular Electronics
Crashing Cars, Awarding Stars by Duffey Westlake
Crashing Cars, Awarding Stars by The HATE Noise
Credible Threat by Merisan
Credible Threat by Pumpkin Buzzard
Criminal Charges by 15-16 Puzzle
Crinkle Binkle by Frankie Big Face
Crossroads by Deshead
Crossroads by Loyalty Day
Crush by déjà vu featuring Vertigo
Crush by i.p.
Cryptic Comment by Boltoph
Cryptic Comment by Melvin
Cryptic Comment by Neon Tigers
Cute Boots by Niveous
Dad I'm Changing by Frankie Big Face
Dad I'm Changing by Metalmags and her Dad
Dana Wears Dresses by Seamus
Danger Bus by Pompeii
Dark All Day by Andre was here at midnight
Dark All Day by Glenn Case and the Half Racks
Death Plunge by Team:Music
Deuce by Revel Yth
Die For Me by Hope, Oath, and Suspicion
Die For Me by roymond
Diggin' Out by Howl Down the Chimney
Diggin' Out by Steve Durand
Dirt Nap by A Far Off Land ft. Wise
Dirt Nap by Holst
Dirty Chucks by A Kid Named Ace
Dirty Chucks by Lunkhead
Dirty Chucks by Puce
Dirty Chucks by The Landfills
Do It For Captain by John Benjamin Big Face
Do The Math by plusdot
Dog Boy Hits the Skids by Eight Legged Oedipus
Don't Break My Heart Again, George Lucas by Jim Tyrrell
Don't Forget to Come to My House on Wednesday by Johnny Cashpoint
Don't Forget to Come to My House on Wednesday by The Idiot Kings
Don't Think I Don't Miss You by Jordan Seavers
Don't Think I Don't Miss You by Leaf 62
Don't Think I Don't Miss You by Lonbobby feat. Anita
Don't Think I Don't Miss You by Martin Lloyd Chitty
Don't Think I Don't Miss You by x-tokyo-river-god
Don't You by Lonbobby feat. Anita
Don't You by Steve Durand
Double Take by Berkeley Social Scene
Double Take by State Shirt and Glenn Case
Down For A While by Doug Funnie and Fingerz
Down To The Atom by Duboce Triangle
Driveway Seed by State Shirt
Driving by Jute Gyte
Ease Up On The Drugs by Melvin
Ease Your Storm by The New Original Titans of Song Fight
Elegy for Industry by Electric Needle Room
Ellis Island by Senza
Ellis Island by x-tokyo-river-god
Elvis in Space by Abominominous
Empty Wednesday by chonny
Empty Wednesday by King Arthur
Evan Is Getting His Teeth by Johnny Cashpoint
Everybody Calm Down by Finding Nemoy
Everybody Calm Down by Jonathan Mann and the Berkeley Social Scene
Everybody Calm Down by Melvin
Everybody Now by sonofsupercar
Evil April by Renwick
Exclamation Point by King Arthur
Exclamation Point by Starfinger
Failure and Regret by Abecedarian
Failure and Regret by Deshead
False Positive by WreckdoM
Fat & Happy by Black Bottle
Feathers by Jute Gyte
Fell Out of the Sky by State Shirt
Field Day by The White Hat
Fire Bomb by Jute Gyte
Five Nights in Britain by sonofsupercar
Five Nights in Britain by Tiny Robots
Five Oh One by Max The Cat
Five Oh One by Melvin
Five Oh One by Roymond
Foam Rubber by Jute Gyte
For The Time Being by Abominominous
Frannie by sonofsupercar
Friendly Fire by Bloodberries and Cream
Galaxies Floating on a Dark Matter Stream by The Little Smokes
Georgia's Hand by Glenn Case
Get A Life by Doctor Worm
Get A Life by LML
Gin or Ginseng by Abominominous
Gin or Ginseng by Buffalo Speedway feat. J and Odnard
Glass Eye by Doctor Worm
Glass Eye by Mother Funker
Glutton by Emergency Pizza Party
Glutton by Stylon Pilson
Glutton by ZeaLous1 feat. DarkHeart
God Hates Penguins by Ben Foxworthy
God's Thumb by Billy's Little Trip featuring Paco Del Stinko
Gone Phishing by Wave the Navel
Gonna Be Your Man by 15-16 Puzzle
Gonna Be Your Man by MC Frontalot
Green Eleven by SomeGuyCalledNoel
Half a Million Nerds by Jan Krueger
Half a Million Nerds by MC Milk-Plus
Half a Stone by Johnny Cashpoint
Half-Hearted Stab by Michael Maas
Happy Life by Shovel Sitting Down
Hello My Old Heart by Dial EMERGENCY
Hello My Old Heart by The HATE Noise
Hero Points by Abominominous
Hero Points by King Arthur
Highway by State Shirt
History of My Broken Heart by add
Hit By A Train by King Arthur
Hit By A Train by Otalgia
Hit By A Train by Pumpkin Buzzard
Hold This For Me by Sissy Fist
Hold This For Me by The Hell Yeahs
Hold This For Me by The Idiot Kings
Hollywood Fantasy by Loyalty Day
Hollywood Wax by Quimby
Hollywood Wax by Steve Durand
Honeymoon in Polynesia by roymond
Hope You're Okay by Deshead
Hotel by Hostess Mostess
House of Hodgman by Wes Davis and the DesMLs
How Beautiful She Is by Melvin
How Beautiful She Is by Pompeii
How Beautiful She Is by The Stims
How Do You Like the Colors? by Eddiebangs
How Much Will You Give Me? by Senza Valore
I Don't Like Eggplant by sonofsupercar
I Hate You by State Shirt
I Like to Pretend by Gert
I Like to Pretend by Your Money Wasted
I Meant to Remember by IRC All Stars
I Thought I Loved You by Poor June
I Want To Get Better by Dylan Nau
I Want To Get Better by Nineteen Foot Cactus Kills Gunslinger
I Want To Get On It by Steve Durand
I Wish I Was So Sure by Deshead
I Wish I Was So Sure by R. Mosquito
Ignorance Is Bliss by Steve Durand
Ignorance Is Bliss by Team Seahorse
Ignorance Is Bliss by The Seamus Collective
I'm Outstanding by Stopwatcher
I'm Warning You by Luke Henley
I'm Warning You by Melvin
I'm With Steve Now by Gyre feat. Emma Lee
In Full Effect by 10 Feet Tall
In The Ditch by ~)*|*(~
In the Valley by Johnny Cashpoint
In the Valley by Melvin
Influential Film by @eclectic spOOns
Influential Film by Daddy Bop
Influential Film by Jordan Seavers
Influential Film by Those Meddling Kids
Interesting Times by Berkeley Social Scene
Interesting Times by Johnny Cashpoint
Interesting Times by Jonathan Mann and the Not-So-Flats
Interesting Times by Madgin and the Party Bears
It Never Happened by Max The Cat
Janjaweed by sonofsupercar
Just To Be Difficult by Melvin
Keep All Your Promises by Balance Lost
Keep All Your Promises by The Sober Irishman
Kim Deal by The Dirty Allisons
Late To A Funeral by i.p.
Late To A Funeral by The Worldly Self-Assurance
Late To A Funeral by WreckdoM
Laugh Riot by Loyalty Day
Lava Lamp by Jacob Lynn
Let It Be by Johnny In The Corner
Let It Be by Kens Super Duper Car n Stuff
Let's Get Bloody by Anni Albers Quilts
Let's Get Bloody by Berkeley Social Scene
Let's Get Bloody by Jonathan Mann
Level Best by Blind Mime Ensemble
Livin' At The Corner Of Dude And Catastrophe by Billy's Little Trip feat. Paco
Livin' At The Corner Of Dude And Catastrophe by MC Frontalot feat. Brad Sucks
Livin' At The Corner Of Dude And Catastrophe by Several Thousand Dollars in Motion
Livin' At The Corner Of Dude And Catastrophe by The Ninja Bachelors
Looking Good in Hand-Me-Downs by Jordan Yaruss
Looking Good in Hand-Me-Downs by x-tokyo-river-god
Love Me a Little Bit More by The Worldly Self-Assurance
Lucky Man by Abominominous
Made to be Played by Dr Spectacular's Power Circus
Made to be Played by Manhattan Glutton
Maki by Carpetburn
Maki by Melvin
Martians are Going to Eat Us by Roy Castles Operation
Martians are Going to Eat Us by The Frontalittle Squad
Massive Intelligence Failure by Freddielove
Massive Intelligence Failure by The Likely Lads
Mediocre Savior by Hello, California
Mission Accomplished by The Idiot Kings
Moon Shine by Henrietta and the Hoodlums
More Than Soup by Calfborg
Morning on Bourbon by Flinstones II
Morning on Bourbon by The Seamus Collective
Moscow, Idaho by Arcati Crisis
Moscow, Idaho by sonofsupercar
Mountain Home by Lin-Z
Naked on the Meach by Jim Tyrrell
Need Stilts by A Kid Named Ace
Need Stilts by Glenn and Rachael
New Planet by The John Benjamin Band
Night Terrors by Ross Durand
No Relation by Pumpkin Buzzard
Not Exactly Normal by Deshead
Nothing Day by Your Money Wasted
Nothing is Everything by i.p.
Nothing is Everything by Kasper
On My Block by Octothorpe
One Beautiful Summer by Double Team Techno Dream
One Less by Hostess Mostess
Onomatopoeia by Those Meddling Kids
Other Places I Have Lived by Anti-M
Other Places I Have Lived by Deshead
Ottoman by Steve Durand feat. Bridget
Outside Paradise by Somewhere Off the Left Coast- TFTF
Outside Paradise by The Landstander
Oversleeping by All Onion Diet
Paper Thin by Andrew Reist
Paper Thin by Billy's Little Trip featuring Steve Durand and Aardwolves
Pass/Fail by Abominominous
Pass/Fail by Jonathan Mann
Peace is Rest by DUNCE
Pickle Juice by Jim Fallope and his Fallopian Dudes
Piece of My Heat by The Hell Yeahs
Pieces of Eight by Johnny Cashpoint
Pieces of Eight by The Seamus Collective
Pig Sticker by Johnny Cashpoint
Pink Ribbon by Chuck the Bear
Please Don't Call Me Ken by Starfinger
Please Stop by Architects of Desire
Please Stop by Berkeley Social Scene
Please Stop by Billy's Little Trip feat. The Hoblits
Please Stop by State Shirt
Please the Pig by Glenn Case
Poison Pill by Raised by Wolves
Polaris by Klownhole
Policy of Rape by Jute Gyte
Policy of Rape by Southwest Statistic & Puce
Postcard by Pyramids Of Giza
Proud! by Deux Freres
Proud! by King Arthur
Proud! by MC Minh Tasty
Radio Ready by The Hell Yeahs
Radio Ready by The Howling Monkeys
Ran Away to Paris by My Chemical Blumpkins
Rattlesnake by Quimby
Red Skates by Loose Laces
Rhymes With Lucia by x-tokyo-river-god
Ring them Bells by Berkeley Social Scene
Ring them Bells by Cville Ramblings
Robot Baby by Boo Chin Balls
Robot Baby by Chuck the Bear
Robot Baby by Luke Henley
Robot Candidate by Ben Krieger
Robot Candidate by G3RT
Robot Candidate by Renwick
Robot Candidate by Robots do the Work
Rockopolousaninjananophone Eternal -<BR>The Vishnu Cycle by Frankie and the Falangists
Romantic Cheapskate by MC Frontalot w/ Badddspellah
Rot To Fill by The Pickup Artists
Run Faster by Children of God
Run Free by Frankie Big Face
Run Free by The Shortcakes
S____ Rock by Luke Henley
Safety In Numbers by Popular Electronics
Saint Gratus by Popular Electronics
Satisfaction by Pure Bigoted Fashion
Save a Pony From the Glue Factory by Johnny Cashpoint
Save a Pony From the Glue Factory by Lonbobby + Yaruss
Save a Pony From the Glue Factory by Spy Vs. Pie
Save New Orleans by Wally Harbinger
Saving Throw by Carpetburn
Saving Throw by The Cow Exchange
Saving Throw by The Frontalittle Squad
Say the Word by Doscientos
Say the Word by Future Boy
Say the Word by Glenn Case
Scissor Kick by Johnny Cashpoint
She Already Knows by LML
She's On My Mind by Josh Woodward
Shoot For Tuesday by Sissy Fist
Shreds by Duboce Triangle
Shut Up and Sit Down by Deshead
Sincerity Machine by Michael Maas
Snooter by Johnny Cashpoint
Snooter by Josh Woodward
So Kind Stacey by Points for Trying
So Long, Atticus by Blind Mime Ensemble
So Long, Atticus by Frankie Big Face
So Long, Atticus by King Arthur
So Weird by Billy's Little Trip
So Weird by State Shirt
Soft Orange Glow by sonofsupercar
Sold Out by Brittany Spud
Sometimes It's Hard To Keep Yourself Moving by Forkbomb
Spalding Gray Is Missing by Ice Weasels
Spalding Gray Is Missing by Roy Synthcastle
Spin the Bottle by Ka Maua Hana Punahele
Spin the Bottle by The Bourbon Drops
Stairway to the Moon by Ben Krieger
Stairway to the Moon by Frankie Big Face
Stairway to the Moon by Hostess Mostess
Stairway to the Moon by Paco del Stinko
Step Up by The Frontalittle Squad
Stomach For It by Todd McHatton
Stronger Than by Duboce Triangle
Stuck Down A Mineshaft by Milwaukee Youth Center Choir
Stuck Down A Mineshaft by Real Frogs
Sunny Again by Shark Tornado
Switch Hitter by Mr. Man and Dr. Funk
Switcheroo by Melvin
Switcheroo by The Hell Yeahs
Systematic Panic by The Hell Yeahs
Ten Lies by Wes Davis
Texas by Diode
Thank God for Memphis by MC Wino
Thank God for Memphis by The Hedonistic Calculus
That's Not What I Need by his name is dan
That's Not What I Need by Octothorpe
That's What She Said by i.p.
The Chair We Share by Johnny Cashpoint
The Elements of Style by Motor Monkeys
The Last Words of Cotton Wool by Kissing Contest
The Middle Part by Bachelor Police
The Middle Part by The HATE Noise
The Pawnbroker's Stepdaughter by Josh Woodward
The Pawnbroker's Stepdaughter by Puce
The Pawnbroker's Stepdaughter by Rule 6
The Proposal by 15-16 Puzzle
The Proposal by add
The Proposal by The Mojos
The Puppet's Dream by King Arthur
The Red Door by Anti-M
The Shelton With Sunspots by Papercut Brigade
The Shelton With Sunspots by Super Dragon X of Metamystiks Inc. with TK on the beat
The Sugar Shaker by Caravan Ray
The Sugar Shaker by i.p.
The Sugar Shaker by Melvin
The Sugar Shaker by The Seamus Collective
The Truth About Aspartame by The Bewells
There Are So Many Possibilities by Puce
There Are So Many Possibilities by The Sober Irishman
They Meet by Kasper
Things To Do In New York by Fifteen Years
Thinkin' about the Old Days by Berkeley Social Scene
Thinkin' about the Old Days by Manhattan Glutton
Thinkin' about the Old Days by Steve Durand
Thinkin' about the Old Days by The Hell Yeahs
Thinkin' about the Old Days by The New Southern Democrats
Thunder Storm by Belt Buckle and the Clock Warriors
Thunder Storm by Explode16
Thunder Storm by Frankie Big Face
Tiny Room by Aaron's Bowel Problem
Too Far Away by Anti-M
Toronto Star by Dirty Laundry
Toronto Star by Josh Woodward
Tri-State Area by Southwest Statistic
Troublemaker by Abominominous
Troublemaker by King Arthur
tw3rp by Beefy [w. DJ Snyder]
Twelve Monkeys by Josh Woodward
Twenty One by War of the Worlds
Under The Horse by sonofsupercar
Unless I Change My Mind by Bravo Bros
Up All Night by The Drinks
Upcoming Downtime by Leaf 62
Violet Wants It Her Way by Lonbobby + M0bo1d
Walking The Border by i.p.
Walking The Border by Octothorpe
Walking The Border by SomeGuyCalledNoel
Walking The Border by WreckdoM
We All Need Love by Johnny In The Corner
We All Need Love by Jordan Seavers
We All Need Love by Mime Cavity
We All Need Love by Phunt Caravan Ray
We Are Perfect In Our Dreams by Melvin
We Do All The Style by The HATE Noise feat. Anonymous
We Have the Technology by Luke Henley
We Keep Them Alive by Berkeley Social Scene
We Keep Them Alive by Who Fly
We Were Not Meant to Be by Luke Henley feat. Andrew Ryder
We Were Not Meant to Be by Set Fire
We Were Not Meant to Be by The Air Kick Pigeon Band
Wedding Song by Thank Glennny for the Frisbee
Wedding Song by The Narcaloungers
Welcome Home Frank by Erin K & Tash
Welcome Home Frank by Paco del Stinko by
Welcome to ______ by Bax
Welcome to ______ by Jim of Seattle
Welcome to ______ by Piracy Undermines Creative Expression!
What We Need More Of Is Science by MC Hawking
What's in it for Me? by Loyalty Day
When it Snowed by Deshead
Who Needs Sleep by Jonathan Mann
Why So Serious? by Atari in the Desert
Why So Serious? by Uncle Gravy Biscuits
World's Greatest Dad by Paco del Stinko
You Believed it Yourself by Berkeley Social Scene
You Get The Wiser by add
Zombie Son by The Frontalittle Squad

(Remember, this is just MY favorite 500. Yours could be wildly different BUT I definitely suggest to everyone should take some trips into the archives because there is so much good stuff there.)

[HeuristicsInc]

i've got one! heh.
so what i want to know is how did you keep track of that many ratings? how did you get the artist and title names into the list? etc. sounds like a lot of work just to collate all the information.
-bill

[Niveous]

Keeping track of all the info was done through Excel. I have a huge spreadsheet with all the songs and my rankings for each of the songs. Lunkhead's SFJukebox also helped with grabbing all the info initially.

[roymond]

When Sam gets funding, I'd lobby for either ratings or favorites in the jukebox. Or personal tags (with auto-completion to ensure consistency) that can be used to filter playlists, etc. Oh, also exporting.

[Spud]

When Sam gets funding, I'd lobby for either ratings or favorites in the jukebox. Or personal tags (with auto-completion to ensure consistency) that can be used to filter playlists, etc. Oh, also exporting.

Not that I have any say over what Sam does or does not do with the Jukebox, but would like to restate for the record that I am opposed to any sort of rating system. I have nothing against favorites or filters tagged to your personal Jukebox account.

http://www.songfight.org/ratings.html
I recognize that this is a little out of date (does anyone still chuckle at the panel joke?), but it still does a pretty good job of stating my point of view.

Carry on.

[Lunkhead]

If I ever get around to it, I will probably just offer three options: favorite, like, block. Then I would probably just show publicly how many people "favorited" or liked a song, to give some indication of its popularity. Then in another 1000 years I'd probably have a "people who liked this song/fight/artist also liked ... " feature.