Boy, how's that lockdown going for you? In continued efforts to provide distraction and entertainment/talking points, let's take a quick look at something a little different this week. You know me and my list of greatest ever this or that, most specifically as it pertains to Effervescence, the best song/record of all time. Well, what do those figures come out like when analyzed scientifically?
Dr Mick Grierson examined a whole host of songs that appeared in ‘greatest songs of all-time’ lists in newspapers, on music stations like VH1, and in iconic music publications such as Q, NME, and Rolling Stone.
That involved taking into account factors such as beats per minute, chord variety, lyrical content, and, well, timbral variety and sonic variance before arriving at the list you can see below.
- Number 1 Re-EntryPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks5
- Number 2 Re-EntryPeak2Weeks4
- Number 3 Re-EntryPeak3Weeks4
- Number 4 Re-EntryPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks3
- Number 5 Re-EntryPeak5Weeks2
- Number 6 Re-EntryPeak6Weeks5
- Number 7 Re-EntryPeak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks3
- Number 8 Re-EntryPeak2Weeks3
- Number 9 DebutPeak9Weeks1
- Number 10 DebutPeak10Weeks1
- Number 11 Re-EntryPeak11Weeks4
- Number 12 DebutPeak12Weeks1
- Number 13 DebutPeak13Weeks1
- Number 14 DebutPeak14Weeks1
- Number 15 Re-EntryPeak15Weeks3
- Number 16 Re-EntryPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks2
- Number 17 Re-EntryPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks4
- Number 18 DebutPeak18Weeks1
- Number 19 DebutPeak19Weeks1
- Number 20 Re-EntryPeak2Weeks30
- Number 21 DebutPeak21Weeks1
- Number 22 Re-EntryPeak4Weeks3
- Number 23 Re-EntryPeak21Weeks3
- Number 24 Re-EntryPeak22Weeks3
- Number 25 Re-EntryPeak5Weeks4
- Number 26 DebutPeak26Weeks1
- Number 27 Re-EntryPeak5Weeks3
- Number 28 DebutPeak28Weeks1
- Number 29 DebutPeak29Weeks1
- Number 30 Re-EntryPeak5Weeks4
- Number 31 Re-EntryPeak17Weeks3
- Number 32 Re-EntryPeak13Weeks3
- Number 33 Re-EntryPeak1 (for 4 weeks)Weeks29
- Number 34 Re-EntryPeak34Weeks3
- Number 35 DebutPeak35Weeks1
- Number 36 Re-EntryPeak28Weeks2
- Number 37 Re-EntryPeak28Weeks3
- Number 38 DebutPeak38Weeks1
- Number 39 DebutPeak39Weeks1
- Number 40 Re-EntryPeak38Weeks3
- Number 1 DropoutPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks2
- Number 2 DropoutPeak2Weeks1
- Number 3 DropoutPeak3Weeks1
- Number 4 DropoutPeak4Weeks1
- Number 5 DropoutPeak5Weeks1
- Number 6 DropoutPeak6Weeks1
- Number 7 DropoutPeak7Weeks1
- Number 8 DropoutPeak8Weeks1
- Number 9 DropoutPeak9Weeks1
- Number 10 DropoutPeak10Weeks1
- Number 11 DropoutPeak11Weeks1
- Number 12 DropoutPeak12Weeks1
- Number 13 DropoutPeak13Weeks1
- Number 14 DropoutPeak14Weeks1
- Number 15 DropoutPeak15Weeks1
- Number 16 DropoutPeak16Weeks1
- Number 17 DropoutPeak17Weeks1
- Number 18 DropoutPeak18Weeks1
- Number 19 DropoutPeak19Weeks1
- Number 20 DropoutPeak20Weeks1
- Number 21 DropoutPeak21Weeks1
- Number 22 DropoutPeak22Weeks1
- Number 23 DropoutPeak23Weeks1
- Number 24 DropoutPeak24Weeks1
- Number 25 DropoutPeak25Weeks1
- Number 26 Dropout
Scenario
A Tribe Called Quest ft. featuring Leaders of the New School
From the album: The Low End Theory
Peak26Weeks1 - Number 27 Dropout
Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)
Craig Mack ft. featuring The Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, & Busta Rhymes
Peak27Weeks1 - Number 28 DropoutPeak28Weeks1
- Number 29 DropoutPeak29Weeks1
- Number 30 DropoutPeak30Weeks1
- Number 31 DropoutPeak31Weeks1
- Number 32 DropoutPeak32Weeks1
- Number 33 DropoutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 34 DropoutPeak34Weeks1
- Number 35 DropoutPeak35Weeks1
- Number 36 DropoutPeak36Weeks1
- Number 37 DropoutPeak37Weeks1
- Number 38 DropoutPeak38Weeks1
- Number 39 DropoutPeak39Weeks1
- Number 40 DropoutPeak40Weeks1
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