Talossan Music Top 20

The Talossan Music Top 20 (or TMT20 for short) is a yearly all-time list of the best songs, determined by Talossans voting in multiple rounds on Wittenberg.

Along the years, TMT20 has become the foremost cultural/social event in Talossa, along with the Talossan Football League.

History

Early attempts

The Talossan Music Top was first created in 2009/2010. In that year, there were no rounds, but every voter had just 5 votes. The winner that year was Spieluhr by Rammstein. A second attempt was done in 2013 with different rules. This resulted in three winning "songs", all of which received 5 votes: Bohemian Rhapsody, What a Wonderful World and Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

Current format

The Talossan Music Top 20 was revived in 2015, only this time with a new format that included multiple rounds of voting. The competition was usually paired with a General Election, with the results being revealed just before polls closed. For 2018 and 2019, the final reveal was hosted by Pengopäts Times alongside a brief political chat.

In 2019, when two General Elections were scheduled to take place, it was decided that there wouldn't be two editions of the TMT20 for 2019, and the second election would be paired with a special edition TMT20 composed of six independent categories. The categories themselves were also voted on by the public. Another special edition was held in 2022-2023.

Hall of Fame

Starting after the 2023 edition, songs that have won the TMT20 multiple times are retired into the TMT20 Hall of Fame.

• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (2023)
• The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (2023)
• Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (2024)

Results since the introduction of the multiple rounds format

Artist	Song	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	X	X	X	14	03	01	03	01	01	R
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	01	04	01	02	04	02	04	X	09	R
Bob Segar	Old Time Rock and Roll	X	X	X	X	X	X	08	X	X	X
Dropkick Murphys	I'm Shipping Up To Boston	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	X	X	X
B-52's	Roam	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	X	X	X
Rammstein	Haifisch	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	X	X	X
Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire	X	05	16	X	X	03	17	20	X	X
Dire Straits	Telegraph Road	06	X	02	07	05	04	05	05	11	08
The Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down to Georgia	X	X	06	16	06	05	06	X	06	19
Queen & David Bowie	Under Pressure	X	X	X	03	02	06	X	X	08	07
Simon and Garfunkel	The Sound of Silence	X	X	X	X	X	07	X	11	X	X
Dire Straits	Sultans Of Swing	X	X	X	X	08	08	01	12	15	01
David Bowie	Starman	X	X	X	04	01	09	X	16	17	02
Dave Brubeck Quartet	Take Five	X	X	X	12	18	10	X	X	X	X
Bon Jovi	You Give Love a Bad Name	X	X	04	05	10	11	12	X	X	X
Toto	Africa	X	X	X	11	X	12	X	06	18	X
Panic! at the Disco	High Hopes	X	X	X	X	X	13	X	X	X	X
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	X	X	X	X	X	14	X	08	20	11
Queen	Innuendo	X	X	X	X	14	15	X	X	X	X
Led Zeppelin	Kashmir	18	X	14	X	X	16	X	17	X	X
Louis Armstrong	What a Wonderful World	X	01	X	X	07	17	16	X	X	X
Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	X	X	X	X	20	18	X	13	X	X
Ozzy Osbourne	Crazy Train	X	X	13	10	X	19	19	02	03	10
The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want	X	X	X	X	X	20	X	07	X	15
Jefferson Starship	Jane	X	X	X	X	09	X	20	X	X	X
Gorillaz	Feel Good Inc.	X	07	07	08	11	X	X	X	X	X
Carbon Leaf	The Donnybrook Affair	X	X	X	17	12	X	X	X	X	X
Buena Vista Social Club	Chan Chan	X	X	X	X	13	X	X	X	X	X
Grimethorpe Colliery Band	Adagio (Concierto De Aranjuez)	X	X	X	X	15	X	X	X	X	X
Whiskey Myers	On The River	X	X	X	X	16	X	09	04	X	X
Frank Sinatra	Blue Moon	X	X	X	X	17	X	X	X	X	X
The Beatles	Eleanor Rigby	02	X	X	X	19	X	X	X	X	X
Muse	Knights of Cydonia	13	06	X	01	X	X	18	X	X	X
Johnny Cash	Hurt	X	03	X	06	X	X	X	X	07	X
John Lennon	Imagine	04	X	X	09	X	X	X	X	X	X
Talking Heads	Once in a Lifetime	X	X	09	13	X	X	07	X	16	13
Gaelic Storm	One More Day Above the Roses	X	12	X	15	X	X	10	X	X	X
Coldplay	Fix You	X	18	19	18	X	X	X	X	X	X
Reckless Kelly	Seven Nights in Eire	X	X	10	19	X	X	14	X	X	X
Fleetwood Mac	The Chain	X	X	X	20	X	X	02	03	X	18
Pink Floyd	Run Like Hell/Waiting for the Worms	X	X	03	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Alan Parsons Project	Sirius/Eye in the Sky	X	X	05	X	X	X	X	19	X	X
Gaelic Storm	The Night I Punched Russell Crowe	X	X	08	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Queen	Killer Queen	16	X	11	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue Öyster Cult	Burnin' For You	X	X	12	X	X	X	X	09	X	X
Guns N' Roses	November Rain	17	X	15	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Radiohead	Paranoid Android	15	X	17	X	X	X	X	X	10	X
Marillion	Kayleigh	X	X	18	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
The Kinks	Village Green Preservation Society	X	17	20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Iron Maiden	The Trooper	X	02	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ma la Mha	In Nazareþ	19	08	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ricky Skaggs	Uncle Pen	X	09	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Coldplay	Viva la Vida	03	10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Green Day	Jesus of Suburbia	X	11	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Barry Manilow	Copacabana	05	13	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
The Dead Kennedys	Holiday in Cambodia	X	14	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bon Jovi	Wanted Dead or Alive	20	15	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Aerosmith	Dream On	X	16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Booker T. & the M.G.'s	Green Onions	08	19	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Frank Zappa	Joe's Garage	X	20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
The Beatles	Let it Be	07	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Editors	Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors	09	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Meatloaf	Bat out of Hell	10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Billy Talent	This is How it Goes	11	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Barry Manilow	I Write the Songs	12	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rush	Territories	14	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
The Eagles	Lyin' Eyes	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18	X	X
The Who	Baba O'Riley	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	12	X
Men at Work	Down Under	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	X	X
Earth, Wind, and Fire	September	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	04	03
Radiohead	Street Spirit (Fade Out)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19	X
New Order	Blue Monday	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	X
Depeche Mode	Enjoy the Silence	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	X
The Smiths	How Soon is Now?	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	05	X
Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	02	04
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	The Mercy Seat	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
The Police	Roxanne	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
The Rolling Stones	Sympathy for the Devil	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Queen	Don't Stop Me Now	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Foo Fighters	Everlong	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
Ludwig von Beethhoven	Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	09
Black Sabbath	Paranoid	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	06
The Cure	A Forest	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	05

2019 Special TMT results

In each category, voters could choose to sort all 10 songs, or only their preferred 3 or 5. The weight of their vote would be greater the most songs they voted on; this was to encourage voters to vote on all categories, but avoid partial votes from altering too much the outcome for people who cared about a certain category enough to vote on all 10 songs.

The bottom half results of all categories were revealed between November 30 and December 1, with the top 4/5/6 (depending on the category) scheduled to be revealed in an election night broadcast. This did not happen, and the final results were revealed from February 28, following the switch to New Wittenberg, to April 3, when the final category winner (Ecstasy of Gold) was revealed as part of a live quiz during the second episode of La Curantoina.

Categories are sorted according to the highest scoring winner (ie., the category where the winner has the most points compared to the other winners is shown first.) In the following lists, points are shown only for the songs who would have featured in the election night show.

Movie Theme Songs

1. Ennio Morricone - Ecstasy Of Gold (59 pts)
2. Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica (43 pts)
3. Hans Zimmer - Davy Jones Theme (41 pts)
4. John Williams - The Imperial March (40 pts)
5. Nino Rota - Love Theme From The Godfather (37 pts)
6. Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (36 pts)
7. John Williams - The Hologram/Binary Sunset
8. John Barry & Orchestra - James Bond Theme
9. Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme
10. Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Country Songs (excluding Johnny Cash)

1. Marty Robbins - Big Iron (50 pts)
2. Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (47 pts)
3. First Aid Kit - Emmylou (36 pts)
4. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road (36 pts)
5. The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm (35 pts)
6. Hank Williams Jr. - A Country Boy Can Survive
7. Balsam Range - Stacking Up The Rocks
8. Toby Keith - Beer For My Horses
9. David Allen Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name
10. Marty Robbins - El Paso

Songs with female lead vocals

1. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (48 pts)
2. The Cranberries - Zombie (47 pts)
3. Sia - Chandelier (42 pts)
4. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (40 pts)
5. Chvrches - The Mother We Share (38 pts)
6. Elastic - Waking Up (37 pts)
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
8. Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
9. Mama Cass Elliott - Make Your Own Kind Of Music
10. Yoko Ono - I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window

Songs to play while overthrowing the government

1. Muse - Uprising (47 pts)
2. Toto - Africa (45.5 pts)
3. Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down (42 pts)
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (39 pts)
5. Gustav Holst - Mars, The Bringer Of War (38 pts)
6. Green Day - Know Your Enemy (38 pts)
7. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
8. Edvard Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
9. Pussy Riot - Putin Lights Up The Fires
10. Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax

German language songs

1. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (36 pts)
2. Rammstein - Haifisch (36 pts)
3. Falco - Vienna Calling (34 pts)
4. Nena - 99 Luftballons (26 pts)
5. Kraftwerk - Das Model (22.5 pts)
6. Kraftwerk - Radioaktivität (The Mix)
7. Peter Schilling - Major Tom
8. Peter Fox - Alles Neu
9. Mo-Do - Eins, Zwei, Polizei
10. Laing - Nieselregen

Songs released in 2018/2019

1. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (35 pts)
2. Whiskey Myers - Bury My Bones (32 pts)
3. Rammstein - Radio (32 pts)
4. Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) - Old Town Road (27 pts)
5. Editors - Hallelujah (So Low)
6. David Guetta & Sia - Flames
7. Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along
8. Gorillaz - Tranz
9. Miranda Lambert - Track Record
10. Gabby Barrett - I Hope