DCMF Voting

Last Update: 5/22/13
Reason: Switched Keeper Voting to Round 2; Updated Section A

Quick Links:
Note: You are only allowed to complete each survey once. Repeat submissions are deleted.

Chart Voting:
Survey 1: Level Points Voting [open Sunday evenings until 11:59pm PDT Mondays]
Survey 2: Impression Points Voting [open Tuesday evenings until 11:59pm PDT Wednesdays]

Keeper Voting:
Survey 3: Keeper Voting Round 1 [normally open Tuesday mornings until 2am PDT Wednesdays]
Survey 4: Keeper Voting Round 2 [normally open Wednesday mornings until 2am PDT Thursdays]

Notes:
To see the songs on each survey before clicking the link here, scroll down to Section A
Surveys 1 and 2 help determine the chart.  Surveys 3 and 4 determine which songs, from a list of eligible songs, are kept in the voting.

Table of Contents:

A. Voting Section- includes the link(s) for voting and the songs being voted on in the current part of the DCMF Voting.
B. DCMF Voting Adds- a list of songs just added to the DCMF Voting.
C. Inactive Songs- a list of songs that are on the DCMF Chart but not a part of the DCMF Voting anymore.
D. Tiebreakers- explains the tiebreakers used in the DCMF Voting and on the DCMF Chart when needed.

A. Voting Section:
There are two different parts to the DCMF Voting process every week:

Part 1: Chart Voting
There are two parts to the Chart Voting–Level Points Voting (open Mondays) and Impression Points Voting (open Wednesdays)
Note: All active songs are a part of the Level Points Voting.  Only the active songs on Levels 2 through 10 are a part of the Impression Points Voting
Level Points: Click here to vote for active songs on all Levels 1 through 10
Impression Points: Click here to rank the active songs on Levels 2 through 10
Songs:
Level 10
“Find Me a Baby” by Josh Turner
“More Than Miles” by Brantley Gilbert
“If I Didn’t Have You” by Thompson Square
“Runnin’ Out of Air” by Love & Theft
“Give It All We Got Tonight” by George Strait
Level 9
“Only God Could Love You More” by Jerrod Niemann
“Don’t Rush” by Kelly Clarkson ft. Vince Gill
“Hey Pretty Girl” by Kip Moore
Level 8
“Home to Me” by Sarah Darling
“Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert
“Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker
“Anywhere With You” by Jake Owen
Level 7
“Don’t Ya” by Brett Eldredge
“All Over the Road” by Easton Corbin
“Like Jesus Does” by Eric Church
“Beat This Summer” by Brad Paisley
Level 6
“Outta My Head” by Craig Campbell
“Get Your Shine On” by Florida Georgia Line
“Maybe Someday” by Lonestar
“Jump Right In” by Zac Brown Band
“Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” by Randy Houser
Level 5
“Fill in the Blank” by Greg Bates
“Pieces” by Gary Allan
“Done” by The Band Perry
“Your Side of the Bed” by Little Big Town
Level 4
“Could It Be” by Charlie Worsham
“Carolina” by Parmalee
“Better” by Maggie Rose
“Easy” by Sheryl Crow
“Point at You” by Justin Moore
“All in the Same Boat” by Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw & Aaron Tippin
Level 3
“Half Broke Horses” by Jaida Dreyer
“Hey Girl” by Billy Currington
“Love is Alive” by Phil Vassar
“Thank a Farmer” by James Wesley
“Parking Lot Party” by Lee Brice
“It Goes Like This” by Thomas Rhett
Level 2
“Better I Don’t” by Chris Janson
“He Loves to Make Me Cry” by Kristen Kelly
“Redneck Crazy” by Tyler Farr
“1994” by Jason Aldean
“Highway Don’t Care” by Tim McGraw & Taylor Swift
“Blowin’ Smoke” by Kacey Musgraves
“See You Again” by Carrie Underwood
“Salt Life” by Chuck Wicks
“Sunny and 75” by Joe Nichols
“When the Lights Go Out (Tracie’s Song)” by Mark Chesnutt
“Aw Naw” by Chris Young

Part 2: Keeper Voting (Round 1, usually Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning; Round 2, usually Wednesday morning through Thursday morning)
Note: Only certain songs are eligible for the Keeper Voting
Link #1: Click here to vote in Round 1 of the Keeper Voting
Link #2: Click here to vote in Round 2 of the Keeper Voting
Songs:

Level 1 Keeper Voting, Round 2: 1 song is kept in the voting, 1 song is removed

#4) “What Cowboys Do” by Matt Caldwell

#5) “Simple Life” by Drake White

#7) “Prayer for the Lonely” by Cody Canada & the Departed

#15) “Nothing On Me” by Chris Knight

Levels 2 through 10 Keeper Voting, Round 2: 3 songs are kept in the voting, 3 songs are removed

#4) “More Than Miles” by Brantley Gilbert (30+ weeks)

#6) “Don’t Rush” by Kelly Clarkson ft. Vince Gill (off airplay)

#7) “Home to Me” by Sarah Darling (off airplay)

#8) “Do Ya” by Brett Eldredge (30+ weeks)

#9) “Outta My Head” by Craig Campbell (30+ weeks)

#11) “Half Broke Horses” by Jaida Dreyer (off airplay)

Higher seeds win tiebreakers.  Seeds are determined on Level 1 based on weeks on the chart with #1 being on the longest.  Seeds are determined on Levels 2-10 first by level (higher level = better seed) and then by normal voting tiebreakers (for when two songs from the same level are eligible).

You are allowed to vote once per survey. Please come back  and vote in as many surveys as you can to vote each week.

B. New Songs:
As of the Level Points Voting for Monday, May 20th the following are songs new to the DCMF Voting process and will have their 1st week on the chart be the 5/26 to 6/1/13 edition of the DCMF Chart:

“Loser” by Mark Allan Atwood
“There’s a Girl Out There” by Adam Fears
“Lickity Split” by Cyrus James
“I Hope It Rains” by Jana Kramer
“Goodbye Town” by Lady Antebellum
“You Got Me” by Ashley Monroe
“Two Places at Once” by Frank Ortega
“Hard Earned Money” by Steve Helms Band
“Don’t Be So Mean” by Tejas Brothers

Songs are added to the DCMF Chart in one of four ways:
1. It is the official “Add Date” of the Single
2. A single with either a currently unknown Add Date or a future Add Date is located anywhere on the weekly publications for the MediaBase or Billboard Charts
3. The song enters the Top 50 on the Texas Regional Radio Report
4. You (fan or artist) request the song to be added by e-mailing dcmfchart@gmail.com. The song must be an official current single by the artist with or without an official Add Date and can be for any artist who sings Country Music.

On occasion, I might add a single without it meeting any of these three requirements if I feel it should be added.

C. Inactive Songs:
The following songs have been declared inactive and have been removed from the DCMF Voting.  Song can become inactive through losing the Keeper Voting or if the artist releases a new single (weeks inactive in parentheses, any songs at 3 are being removed from the chart entirely after the week listed below):

“I Drive Your Truck” by Lee Brice (3)
“Changed” by Rascal Flatts (3)
“I Got Your Country Right Here” by Rod Richmond (3)
“She Cranks My Tractor” by Dustin Lynch (3)
“Love You for a Long Time” by High Valley (3)
“Ain’t Easy” by Rachel Farley (3)
“I Don’t Care About You” by Cody Johnson (3)
“I Can’t Leave a Good Thing” by Billy Dean (3)
“Better Beer” by Erica Nicole (3)
“Up All Night” by Jon Pardi (3)
“Keep the Wolves Away” by Uncle Lucius (3)
“That’s Country” by Tobacco Road Band ft. Colt Ford (3)
“Happy Ending” by Hoyt Hughes (3)
“Stop, Drop and Roll” by Tracy Lawrence (2)
“I Can Take It From There” by Chris Young (2)
“Whiskey” by Jana Kramer (2)
“Forever” by Aaron Lewis (2)
“Dirt Road Romance” by Outshyne (2)
“Downtown” by Lady Antebellum (1)
“Tip It On Back” by Dierks Bentley (1)
“I Will Wait” by Mumford & Sons (1)
“Another Song Nobody Will Hear” by Will Hoge ft. Wade Bowen (1)
“Like a Rose” by Ashley Monroe (1)
“Lucky Sometimes” by Weston Burt (1)
“Somethin’ Ain’t Always Better Than Nothin’” by Deryl Dodd (1)
“Middle American Blues” by Chris Brazeal Band (1)
“Somebody’s Gonna Pay” by Mickie James (1)
“Redneck Side” by Steve Armstrong (1)

These songs are considered inactive for the voting for the chart week of 5/26 to 6/1/13 and will be represented as such on the chart based on the number of weeks the song has been inactive.  The reasons for a song being declared inactive are the artist has released a new single or the song has been voted inactive as part of the DCMF Keeper Voting.

D. Tiebreakers:
In the event of a tie in any voting process, the song that has been on the chart the longest wins.  If that does not break the tie the song that was higher on the chart the previous week wins.
In the event of a tie after the chart has been calculated, the song with the most Level Points wins. If the songs are still tied, the song that had the largest increase in points wins.  If the tie has yet to be broken, the song that has been on the chart the longest wins.  If that still does not break the tie, the song that was higher on the chart previous weeks wins.
In the event of a tie for the #1 song at the maximum score of 125 points, the song who was ranked higher (with or without tiebreakers) on the Impression Points Voting that week wins.  If the songs are tied at a number less than 125 points, the normal tiebreakers apply.