There are two interesting things about the list: first of all, most songs are at least 20 years old and some more than 50. Secondly, even though the list comes from the UK, most of the artists are not from there. Also, Elvis, Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson all placed more than one song.
So here we go with the top 20 catchiest songs of all time:
- Spice Girls - Wannabe: 2.29 seconds
- Lou Bega - Mambo No 5: 2.48 seconds
- Survivor - Eye of the Tiger: 2.62 seconds
- Lady Gaga - Just Dance: 2.66 seconds
- ABBA - SOS: 2.73 seconds
- Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman: 2.73 seconds
- Michael Jackson - Beat It: 2.80 seconds
- Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: 2.83 seconds
- The Human League - Don't You Want Me: 2.83 seconds
- Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing: 2.84 seconds
- Lady Gaga - Poker Face: 2.88 seconds
- Hanson - MMMbop: 2.89 seconds
- Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never: 2.91 seconds
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: 2.94 seconds
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean: 2.97 seconds
- Culture Club - Karma Chameleon: 2.99 seconds
- Britney Spears - Baby One More Time: 2.99 seconds
- Elvis Presley - Devil in Disguise: 3.01 seconds
- Boney M - Rivers of Babylon: 3.03 seconds
- Elton John - Candle in the Wind: 3.04 seconds
Songwriters, start your engines.
Which songs do you agree with and which would you replace?
Which songs do you agree with and which would you replace?
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5 comments:
I think these would be the "Most Quickly Recognized" recordings. I think of "catchy" as having a melody or hook that you can't stop humming or get our of your head. Cool survey though.
I would nix 'candle in the wind' and replace it with just about anything. BTW - what are the x.xx seconds referring to? I thought it might be song length in minutes/seconds, but some of the numbers after the . are more than a minute worth of seconds.
Bob
Vancouver
The seconds minutes-seconds are how quickly the survey respondents took to identify the song on average.
No Beatles or Stones songs? Interesting. You'd think Twist n Shout or Satisfaction or SOMEthing by either band would make it. I agree on Elton John. Then again, I grew up n on Zep, Rush, Maiden and many Canadian bands.
"Candle In The Wind" No .. "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" Yes.
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