Greatest Song Ever Written Contest 2010: Round Two

The first round has concluded. 32 songs went in, only 16 songs remain. From this list, you, the reader, will now decide which songs will move on to the quarter finals in the quest to be named the Greatest Song Ever Written. The fat has been trimmed, and what remains is a streamlined list of some of the greatest songs of any era.

Please send in your votes to TGSongContest@gmail.com by Saturday, January 23rd at midnight. Vote early. Get your friends to vote. Get your enemies to vote. Let your cat walk across your keyboard and hope it either votes for the songs you like or transforms you into the Freakazoid. The point is; vote!

The brackets for the second round are:

ROUND TWO

1st Bracket:

"Wake Up" by The Arcade Fire
vs.
"Imagine" by John Lennon


2nd Bracket:

"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley
vs.
"Moondance" by Van Morrison


3rd Bracket:

"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
vs.
"Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd


4th Bracket:

"Moon River" by Henri Mancini
vs.
"Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding


5th Bracket:

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
vs.
"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder


6th Bracket:

"Wonderwall" by Oasis
vs.
"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys


7th Bracket:

"Build Me Up, Buttercup" by The Foundations
vs.
"Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G.


8th Bracket:

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver
vs.
"Love Song" by The Cure