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16. Osamu Sato DONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ubiiXlCJ0
@DoctorJimmy133 (ELIMINATED)
8.5 / 9 / 8 / 9 / 9
87

Troll nominations, or secret recipe for doing well? You decide.

Ive always meant to get into Osamu Sato. I generally like a lot of what Ive heard, so naturally a song of his had a good shot of doing well. DONE is very trippy, with lots of glitch and chopped up vocal samples (two things I generally like). The experience is almost meditative in a way, with a drone-like, hypnotic beat. Its certainly, maybe more than anything else in the top 20, a song I need to be in the right mindset to appreciate, which is true of a lot of the Sato songs Ive heard too.

15. Ben E. King - Stand By Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE
@GavsEvans123 (1 remaining)
9 / 8 / 8 / 9.5 / 9
87

I dont think its possible to dislike this song. Its just so earnest, such a straightforward declaration of trust and faith in another person. Ben E. King (despite loving this song, I can never remember the artist!) has very emotive vocals, and there is terrific backing vocals, and the overall presentation is just solid all around. I also love when the 60s-style strings surge in.

I feel like Stand by Me is just classic Americana, a part of our culture. John Lennon did a cover that I dont like as much, but I normally add in to this version the spoken-word intro he gave. This is just an all-around classic.