It's that time again! As college basketball fever sweeps across the nation, we here at ATRL turn to what we do best: pitting celebrities against one another. In last year's tournament, "Crazy in Love" defeated "Hey Ya!" to be named the greatest #1 hit of all time. This go around, we'll be setting our sights on another favorite topic of this forum: the Grammys. Which Record of the Year does ATRL consider the best of them all?

Throughout the tournament, everyone will have a chance to participate by voting for their favorite songs in one-on-one match-ups, whittling down the field of 64 classics until we reach our champion. But I need your help before we can begin! There have only been 55 winners of Record of the Year, so the remainder of the draw will be filled with some lucky losers. Please post your list of the ten best Record of the Year nominees (no ranking necessary) in the thread below. These ballots will be used to determine the final list of competitors. In addition, you can include your five favorite winners of the award, which will help decide their tournament seeds.

You can find every nominee for Record of the Year here. Think outside the box; this thread is always more fun with creative choices that bring an unexpected dimension to competition. So get nominating, because the tournament begins this weekend, and you don't want your picks to get left out of the draw!

Some great ROTY losers for your consideration:

"Fever" Peggy Lee
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Elvis Presley
"Take Five" Dave Brubeck
"Yesterday" The Beatles
"Let It Be" The Beatles
"Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes
"Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees
"Every Breath You Take" The Police
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2
"Fast Car" Tracy Chapman
"Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor
"Losing My Religion" R.E.M.
"Ironic" Alanis Morissette
"Ray of Light" Madonna
"I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys
"No Scrubs"TLC
"Say My Name" Destiny's Child
"Ms. Jackson" OutKast
"Hey Ya!" OutKast
"Paper Planes" M.I.A.

Wait, it's anything nominated? Not just winners?

VOTE FOR THE CHIPMUNK SONG (CHRISTMAS DON'T BE LATE)

All the winners automatically qualify. But since there aren't enough, 10 nominees will fill out the draw.

"A Whole New World" and "Beauty & The Beast" are the two most iconic and beloved songs here. Let's not pretend otherwise.

10 Best Nominees:

"Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinéad O'Connor
"Ironic" - Alanis Morissette
"You're Still the One" - Shania Twain
"Fallin'" - Alicia Keys
"Ms. Jackson" - OutKast
"Paper Planes" - M.I.A.
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys

5 Favorite Winners:

"Bridge over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
"Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks
"Rehab" - Amy Winehouse

At least I can count on Cher and Whitney being nominated since they're pop girls.

James Taylor- Fire & Rain
Janis Ian- At Seventeen
Willie Nelson- Always On My Mind
Bruce Springsteen- Dancing In The Dark
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle- A Whole New World
Cher- Believe
Shania Twain- You're Still the One
Leona Lewis- Bleeding Love
Whitney Houston- Greatest Love Of All
fun.- We Are Young

5 Favorite Winners
Amy Winehouse- Rehab
The Eagles- Hotel California
Whitney Houston- I Will Always Love You
The Dixie Chicks- Not Ready To Make Nice
Kim Carnes- Bette Davis Eyes

Ten Favorite Nominees:
"Yesterday" - The Beatles
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
"Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
"Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
"Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman
"Vision of Love" - Mariah Carey
"Lose Yourself" - Eminem
"Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
"Lonely Boy" - Black Keys

Five Favorite Winners:
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins
"Rehab" - Amy Winehouse
"Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra

True. But this game is specifically about the versions that were nominated for Record of the Year, and I think that the original recordings are more beloved.

At least, they're more beloved to me. Celine Dion's talented and all, but her version of BatB can't compare to the movie version, sung by Angela Lansbury.

10 favourite losers:

The Beatles - Yesterday
Don McLean - American Pie
Bee Gees - Stayin Alive
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Irene Cara - Flashdance.. What a Feeling
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
REM - Losing My Religion
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Ricky Martin - Livin La Vida Loca


5 favourite winners:

Coldplay - Clocks
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Michael Jackson - Beat it
The Eagles - Hotel California
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

10 Nominees:
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
Ricky Martin - Livin' la Vida Loca
Madonna - Music
OutKast - Hey Ya!

5 Winners:
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Seal - Kiss from a Rose
Santana featuring Rob Thomas - Smooth
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why

I want to nominate so many songs

I just include all, in order, so you just cut off at whatever point you need

Don McLean - American Pie
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
The Beatles - Yesterday
Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra - Something Stupid
Roger Miller - King of the Road
Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
Cher - Believe
fun. - We Are Young
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - Let It Be
Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror
The Mamas & the Papas - Monday Monday
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hands
Mumford & Sons - The Cave

Achy Breaky Heart was nominated? Seriously?

This was so hard!

Winners:
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Hotel California
Not Ready to Make Nice
What's Love Got to Do with It
I Will Always Love You

Nominees:
Halo
Fast Car
Waterfalls
Irreplaceable
Say My Name
Vision of Love
Crazy in Love
Greatest Love of All
Hey Ya
No Scrubs

Winners:
Mrs Robinson
Beautiful Day
Rehab
Bettie Davis Eyes
The Girl from Ipanema

Nominees:
Fever
Maniac
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Paper Planes
Mrs. Jackson
Addicted to Love
Nothing Compares 2 U
1979
Music
Say My Name

Losers:
"Happy Days Are Here Again" performed by Barbra Streisand
"Downtown" performed by Petula Clark
"The Rose" performed by Bette Midler
"Born in the U.S.A." performed by Bruce Springsteen
"Beauty and the Beast" by Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson
"A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
"You're Still the One" by Shania Twain
"Hey Ya!" - Outkast
"Viva La Vida" - Coldplay
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga

Winners:
"Moon River" - Henry Mancini
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" - The 5th Dimension
"Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes
"Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler

Nominees
The Mamas & the Papas - Monday, Monday
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Shania Twain - You're Still the One
Alicia Keys - Fallin'
Eminem - Lose Yourself

Winners
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
The Eagles - Hotel California
Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice

Nominees:
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
Ironic - Alanis Morissette
Vision of Love - Mariah Carey
Flashdance - Irene Cara
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John
Let It Be - The Beatles
People - Barbra Streisand
Paper Planes - M.I.A.

Winners:
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Smooth - Santana
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Clocks - Coldplay