We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four songs.

GROUP 7
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Rammstein - Haifisch
Renato Zero - Triangolo
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
The Police - Message in a Bottle


GROUP 8
B-52's - Private Idaho
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Falco - Der Kommissar
Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Muse - Uprising
The Beatles - Taxman
The Cure - A Forest
The Police - Roxanne
Toto - Hold the Line


Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

closed

14,5 hours left!

Group 5 - stacked

Knights of Cydonia - 4
The Chain - 3
Sympathy for the Devil - 2

Voyage, Voyage - 1
HM: A Quiet Life

HM: My Body Is a Cage

HM: Africa


Group 6 - difficult choice

You Can't Always Get What You Want - 4
Blue Monday - 3
België - 2
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xHM: Sweet Dreams

HM: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four songs.

GROUP 5
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
Desireless - Voyage, Voyage
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Peter Gabriel - My Body is a Cage
Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld - A Quiet Life
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Toto - Africa
Wombo - Dreamsickle


GROUP 6
B-52's - Legal Tender
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Het Goede Doel - België (Is er leven op Pluto ...)
New Order - Blue Monday
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Prozac+ - Acida
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco


Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

8 voters again

GROUP 5
1. Take Five - 13 _{(2 voters giving 4 points)}
2. Starman - 13 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
3. Take Me Out - 13 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
4. You Give Love a Bad Name - 8 _{(2 voters giving 4 points, 2017 nomination)}
5. Such a Shame - 8 _{(2 voters giving 4 points, new nomination)}
6. I'm Still Standing - 8 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
7. September - 5
8. Energy Flow - 4 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
9. Walk - 4 _{(0 voters giving 4 points, 2 voters giving 2 points)}
10. Don't Stop Me Now - 4 _{(0 voters giving 4 points, 0 voters giving 2 points)}

GROUP 6
1. Telegraph Road - 16
2. Ring of Fire - 11
3. Wuthering Heights - 10 _{(1 voter giving 2 points)}
4. Hurt - 10 _{(0 voters giving 2 points)}
5. Under Pressure - 8 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
6. Rock the Casbah - 8 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
7. Zitti e Buoni - 6 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
8. The Gambler - 6 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
9. Papaoutai - 3
10. No More I Love You's - 2

Jon Bon Jovi's Talossan name would be Ian Ben Ian. Just wanted to point this out.


(Would this be considered a Bad Name?)

Quote from: Aryan Vaidya on August 02, 2026, 01:09:35 PMHello everyone :)

Hello Aryan, welcome in Talossa!

Any particular reason you made your first witt post in this thread? If you want to vote on the Talossan Music Top 20 youd be more than welcome to

8 hours left!

Group 3

Such a Shame - 4

I'm Still Standing - 3
Walk - 2

Take Me Out - 1


Group 4 - stacked

Wuthering Heights - 4
Telegraph Road - 3
Papaoutai - 2

Hurt - 1
HM: Under Pressure

HM: Rock the Casbah
HM: Zitti e Buoni

Many thanks to Sir Lüc, who helped me set up a draft for the next groups, because I knew Id be away from my laptop

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four songs.

GROUP 3
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
David Bowie - Starman
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Foo Fighters - Walk
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow
Talk Talk - Such a Shame

GROUP 4
Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Stromae - Papaoutai
The Clash - Rock the Casbah

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

8 voters

GROUP 1
1. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 14
2. Paranoid - 13
3. Down Under - 12
4. Wish You Were Here - 11
5. Psycho Killer - 8
6. Burnin' for You - 7
7. I Wear Your Ring - 5
8. Ti Sento - 4 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
9. Bela Lugosi's Dead - 4 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
10. Sirius/Eye in the Sky - 2

GROUP 2
1. Roam - 13
2. Enjoy the Silence - 10 _{(2 voters giving 4 points)}
3. Child in Time - 10 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
4. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - 9 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
5. The Mercy Seat - 9 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
6. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - 7 _{(1 voter giving 4 points, 1 voter giving 3 points)}
7. Subdivisions - 7 _{(1 voter giving 4 points, 0 voters giving 3 points)}
8. Innuendo - 7 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}
9. Aqueous Transmission - 4 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
10. Here Comes the Rain Again - 4 _{(0 voters giving 4 points)}

24 hours left

Group 1

Street Spirit - 4

Psycho Killer - 3
I Wear Your Ring - 2
Paranoid - 1
HM: Ti Sento
HM: Bela Lugosi's Dead
HM: Down Under



Group 2 - Stacked

Subdivisions - 4
The Mercy Seat - 3
Child in Time - 2
Innuendo - 1
xHM: Enjoy the Silence

2025 TMT20 ROUND 2

Round 2 consists of ten groups of ten songs each. The top five songs in each group advance to Round 3.

Groups are drawn randomly in such a way that each group contains from this year: one 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place song from Round 1, and from last year: one 9th or 10th place song from Round 3, one 7th or 8th place song from Round 3, one 6th placed from Round 3 or eliminated semifinalist, one song ranked 11-20, and one song ranked 1-10.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top four songs 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly four songs.

GROUP 1
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Cocteau Twins - I Wear Your Ring
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
Men At Work - Down Under
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

GROUP 2
B-52's - Roam
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Queen - Innuendo
Rush - Subdivisions
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

15 out of 44 new nominations made it to round 2.
3 out of 6 TMT special nominations made it to round 2.

Not a bad score for TMT special considering the low turnout there. For new nominations overall its also more than last year when only 14 out of 50 made it.

Anyway, keeping some of Ians innovations:

ROUND 1 HEATSEEKERS (PPV)
1. Solsbury Hill - 1.750
2. Knights of Cydonia - 1.625
3. Enjoy the Silence - 1.571
3. Mondscheinsonate - 1.571
5. All Along the Watchtower [NEW] - 1.500
6. Psycho Killer [NEW] - 1.400
6. The Sound of Silence - 1.400
8. Blue Monday - 1.375
9. Walk - 1.250
9. Don't Stop Me Now - 1.250
9. Hurt - 1.250

(Both Solsbury Hill and Hurt made this list last year as well)

One thing Id like to say as we head on to round 2:

Please don't anyone be discouraged if your nominations didn't make it for whatever reason.


It's always gonna be hard for a new nomination to compete with songs already in the list. Personally even when I'm positively surprised by a song I've never heard before it's just hard to rate it against songs I've known and liked for years, but that doesn't mean it can't be a nice discovery. I frequently put new songs I kinda like in my spotify playlist and then later it becomes one of my favourite songs. There were definitely nice discoveries I didn't have points for this year and I'm thankful to whoever nominated them for sharing. I hope others feel the same.

Also there is a playlist with all TMT nominations of all time that I will update with all the new nominations when I have time.




Edit: Also to add to that: of course even for the songs that maybe don't appeal to me as much I'm still glad they were nominated. TMT is better with more diverse songs and styles reflecting different tastes and I'd much rather have more people participating even if that means songs I like get replaced with songs I don't and I don't think I'm the only one who feels that way.

* Actually I have noted recently that due to the tmt electorate shifting many songs I like tend to perform better than a couple years ago. That's nice, but I do sometimes worry about the risk of it becoming a bit stale. I would really love to attract more participants with different tastes so TMT stays interesting (and also keep voters that participated in previous years with clearly different preferences from me interested as well.)

With Killer Queen we also lose the second longest remaining song, automatically nominated for the 2013 edition because it was posted in the song club by Hailey Ross (wonder how many people here even know what any of that means anymore or who Hailey Ross is).

Weirdly it made the semifinal only two editions ago and now its eliminated.