Wait, that’s a dude?

Edward James: Not only is this not a woman, the artist is also not black…..and most offensively….is British

• Corey +2 — Kay J is an impeccable and unique vocalist, I've always loved his style and lyricism. "Step in my transporter, so I can teleport ya, all around my heavenly body."
• Brad Stalcup +1 — The nostalgia for Napoleon Dynamite is real. But so is the boogie. Voice is feminine enough.
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Nice one Corey, this was fun
• judd.baker +1 — Maybe my pick for #1. Jamiroquai isn’t simply singing in a high register, he actually has that female timbre, it’s a specific and hard to describe thing. But it’s perfect here
• ared56 +1
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — Corey I missed you 💜
• Edward James 0 — Wow turns out you can leave comments on your own song if you use the desktop version. I was always wondering how y'all could do that. Anyway...I think my choice was 2nd only to "Go Your Own Way"
• Regina Scime 0 — This strikes me as Corey… love this!
• Claire 0 — Vote for Pedro

• Edward James +2 — Definitive answer. I have heard this song 50+ times and I'm sure at one point I knew it was actually Lindsay Buckingham, but still was confused and unsure.
• fionmul +1 — I love this pick!! Classic song and a great fit.
• Brad Stalcup +1
• shea nowicki +1 — The best!!! Such a good submission!!!
• Claire +1 — When I was younger I definitely thought the vocalist on this was one of the women and not Lindsey
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Close

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Wow, what the heck! Beautiful and perfect for the theme. “Wait, that’s a dude?” indeed
• judd.baker +1 — Amazing song and fantastic submission for the theme
• Edward James +1 — Love this one! Good song and 100% could have guessed wrong if asked outside the confines of the category.
• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — Looked up the history of this artist and the deliberate vagueness/mystique surrounding their identity…it’s almost too perfect for this category
• fionmul 0 — “Woman” haha
• Regina Scime 0 — yes

Sam Ary: God Bless Tiny Tim

• Laur +2
• fionmul +1 — A perfect read of the category. Did he voice the animated Snow White? Probably. Deserves a triple vote probs but I had too many others I liked.
• Brad Stalcup +1 — Upvote for most on point.
• Corey +1 — Dangerously iconic for this style, it must be said.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Too falsetto-y to be female
• judd.baker 0 — Almost eked a vote. Great pull
• Edward James 0 — A good one, and I could see it working, but still sounds too much just like falsetto.
• Regina Scime 0 — Valid submission for the category, but I was deeply uncomfortable listening to this
• shea nowicki 0 — Hahahahaha, such a good submission.
• Claire 0 — Honorable mention. Does still kind of sound like a dude singing in falsetto but he has such a funky unique timbre

• Regina Scime +4 — This was the only one that sounded like it could be a woman
• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — Really cool song, I’d never heard it before but have already added to a playlist
• Laur +1
• fionmul 0 — I like.
• Brad Stalcup 0 — Whinecore has never done much for me.
• Joseph Harvey -1 — Falsetto != sounds like a girl
• Edward James -1 — Whitney was a choice I considered myself, but when I listened to my fave of theirs, I realized it was very clearly just a man singing really high. This is the least convincing of them, imo.
• Sam Ary -1

• judd.baker +1 — Is the backing vocalist here actually a dude? If so, wow, genuinely perfect submission.
• Claire +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Laur +1
• fionmul 0 — Yeah. Is this Brad? Sammy would be proud I think.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Doesn’t sound like a woman
• Edward James 0 — I love this choice (Corey?) but feel that this moves in and out of "woman" sounding. Therefore it is defeated by others.
• Regina Scime 0 — Uhhh it definitely had some high notes
• shea nowicki 0 — Okay wow, this was fun. Not usually a techno/pop gal, but I enjoyed.
• Brad Stalcup -1 — Didn't like it from the start even though dude sounds like a lady. I skipped throughout the song to see if it got interesting at all besides his voice. It didn't.

• fionmul +1 — YEAHHHH I almost did Bieber. I thought it was a girl the first time I heard Never Say Never. Wish I could double vote but I was split this time.
• Corey +1 — Calling Bieber a girly singer was a generational pastime.
• Sam Ary +1
• Brad Stalcup 0 — Prepubescent don't count.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Once again, being an adolescent/child makes this less remarkable
• judd.baker 0 — In a perfect world, this would have an upvote because it is a great fit for the theme. But given how young Justin is here, it felt slightly less compelling for the category, and there were simply other songs I enjoyed more and was more impressed by
• Edward James 0 — I get this pick but 1) he was like 15 when it was recorded, and 2) it still has noticeable male elements imo.
• Regina Scime 0 — Another prepubescent boy…
• Claire 0 — Prepubescent male treble voice just isn’t what I’m looking for here. Yes, it’s a dude, and yes, he doesn’t sound like a dude, but it’s not for any particularly interesting reason other than how old he is

Joseph Harvey: I always pictured the vocalizations at the beginning coming from a gorgeous Indian woman. Alas

• Edward James +1 — A great song that I only give an upvote to because I was 100% convinced the intro was not Sting. The rest doesn't sound like a woman tho, but that was impressive enough to win a vote.
• ared56 +1
• fionmul 0 — Lmao the caption
• judd.baker 0 — I get the idea behind it, and it’s close, but the backing vocals aren’t enough
• Regina Scime 0 — mkay calm down Joseph
• Claire 0 — 🪦🥀

• fionmul +1 — Eddie? Sam? Loved this take ofc. I indeed thought the feature was a girl until recent history.
• Joseph Harvey +1 — This is a very fun song. There is a voice in there that really sounds like a girl. I’m going to trust that that’s a dude
• judd.baker +1 — I didn’t believe at first until I got to the feature, and wow yeah, great shout. Also banger
• shea nowicki +1 — I love! this! song!
• Brad Stalcup 0 — Featured singer being the feminine voice seems a little sus to me.
• Edward James 0 — I appreciate this pick because it gives a chance to highlight one of my musical loves: short lived late 2000s/early 2010s pop-rock group "Fozy Shazam". Eric Nally (who sings the feminine sounding part in this) is an incredible artist and the Foxy Shazam self-titled album is a millennial masterpiece in every way. But not vote because I don't think it fits the category well.
• Claire 0 — Fun fact: I genuinely thought this hook was sung by a woman for years.
• Corey -1 — Macklemore is too much like that urban liberal who likes to talk rough but votes for Kamala. So I would say he made the cut not wisely, but too well.
• Regina Scime -1

• shea nowicki +1 — Classic, very womanly. Well done.
• Sam Ary +1
• fionmul 0 — I loved this pick. My dad picked it haha.
• Brad Stalcup 0 — You could just use any Jackson 5 song because a 10-year-old Michael Jackson has a high-pitched voice, smh.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — He’s a kid, kind of doesn’t count
• judd.baker 0 — Arbitrarily I feel like prepubescence is against the spirit of this round
• Edward James 0 — Too many actual children in this song for me to vote for it. There was one of the Jacksons who sounded like a soulful black woman artist for a bit in the middle, but that's not enough to win a vote from me.
• Regina Scime 0 — Do prepubescent boys count…
• Claire 0 — Young MJ is iconic. But as with Justin, it’s not an unexpected sound that we hear here. It’s exactly what we’d expect from the mouth of a child (a child who was already clearly a star)

• Brad Stalcup +1
• Sam Ary +1
• fionmul 0 — So good. Not enough votes which I realize is my fault.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Not even close. But man what a banger
• Edward James 0 — Sorry, but as high as Freddie Mercury can sing, there's not way I'm thinking he's a woman.
• ared56 -1

Brad Stalcup: There's a certain vulnerability whenever a man sings in falsetto. Couple that with the thematic content of this song and you have a heart-wrenching performance from an otherwise upbeat and cynical ska band.

• Brad Stalcup 0 — I guess I should submit less verbose comments.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Loved this song. Seems like an obvious Brad pick but does not fulfill the theme I’m afraid
• Edward James 0 — Great falsetto, but would never have thought this was a woman.
• fionmul -1 — I kinda dig. Downvoting because it sounds the least like a girl to me of all these sorry.
• judd.baker -1 — I loved this song. I added it almost immediately to a playlist. But for this theme, it just wasn’t right imo. It’s a high note for sure, but at no point of this song do I find myself asking “Wait, that’s a dude?”
• shea nowicki -1 — Okay this was a fun listening experience, but I had to down vote something, I'm sorry : ( I think it didn't hold for enough of the song for me, since it makes a musical switch at 2:50 and, at that time, it sounds like a guy. I enjoyed the surprise/story arc of the whole song though!!
• Claire -1 — Great song but just wasn’t what I was looking for with this theme. Even when he’s singing in falsetto it’s…very clearly a man singing in falsetto.
• Laur -1