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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in River Rushing: 0:04, 3:18

Ohwoahwoahs in Safe Ship, Harbored: 2:58

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in New Discovery: 2:55

Ohwoahwoahs in Take Me to War: 3:10

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in How to Rest: 4:50

Ohwoahwoahs in Canary in a Coal Mine: 0:50 (repeated throughout song), 2:51

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in Sowing Seeds: 3:09

Ohwoahwoahs in Strangler Fig: 0:00

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in Icarus: 2:06

Ohwoahwoahs in I Ain't Done: 2:05

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in Once and for All: 0:41 (repeated throughout song)

Ohwoahwoahs in Empty Page: 1:21 (repeated throughout song)

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in The Wolf: 1:09, 2:36,

Ohwoahwoahs in Volta: 3:22

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Round 1

!!!!!! This is not about which song you like best, this is about which ohwoahwoah in the songs you like best !!!!!!!!

Ohwoahwoahs in The Garden: 1:06 (repeated throughout song)

Ohwoahwoahs in Back to the Ground: 2:58, 4:12

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Preliminary Round

Look here to see the explanation for this poll

Reasons why this song is an ambiguous, honorary ohwoahwoah: this one definitely does not qualify for the actual tournament, but it's debatable if the "red"s in this song are long enough to qualify for the honorary tournament

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Preliminary Round

Look here to see the explanation for this poll

Reasons why this song is an ambiguous ohwoahwoah: does not actually include an ohwoahwoah, but "ding dong"s instead

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Welcome to the Crane Wives Ohwoahwoahs tournament! Run by @loud-whistling-yes

Current status: Round 1 is currently ongoing!!! Polls will close one week from now, 21st November 21:30 MYT

FAQs below cut

What constitutes as an ohwoahwoah?

To qualify for the ohwoahwoah tournament, a crane wives songs must 1. Contain meaningless words (eg. "oh"s, "woah"s, and "ah"s) in its lyrics, 2. Sustain those meaningless words for a decent amount of time in the songs

What the hell does that rule above mean?

It means that songs which include words being dragged on for a similar effect as an actual ohwoahwoah (like the "my loo-ooo-ooove" in October) don't count as an ohwoahwoah, as it is an actual word with a definition. Other songs such as I Talk In My Sleep and Here I Am are disqualified for the same reasons.

Songs also need to have their meaningless ohwoahwoah be sustained for more than a certain amount of time (pretty subjective, other factors such as context of the ohwoahwoah's placement in the song can change its eligibility). This eliminates songs like Pretty Little Things and Turn Out the Lights. Context of a song's ohwoahwoah can promote them out of this category if the ohwoahwoah feels relevant enough to the song (eg. The Garden's short ohwoahwoah counts since it seems to be mimicking the crows in the song)

NOOOOOOOOO!!!! BUT OCTOBER IS ICONIC THOUGH!!!! IT CANT BE DISQUALIFIED!!!!!!

Relax, songs that kinda include an ohwoahwoah but unfortunately fell short of the full definition are gonna partake in a separate tournament for the best honorary ohwoahwoah. In total, only about 20 of the 70-ish songs were truly disqualified from the tournament. Goddamn, this band really, really likes their ohwoahwoahs