Apparently Queen‘s “We Are The Champions” is the catchiest song ever according to researchers from Goldsmiths University and the University of York (my hometown folks!). Now that sounds like a cushy job to me. Anyway the researchers observed a large number of people singing various songs and determined that there are four key components that make a catchy song; Long and detailed musical phrases, multiple pitch changes in a song’s ‘hook’, male vocalists, and higher male voices making a noticeable vocal effort. So bad news for all the great female singers then and whatever happened to a song being catchy if you heard your milkman or postman whistling it?
The rest of the top 10 looked like this;
2 “YMCA” – Village People – a song I really dislike
3 “Fat Lip” – Sum 41 – good song, but I’m surprised it made the top 3
4 “The Final Countdown” – Europe – another one of my least favourite songs
5 “Monster” – The Automatic – yep can’t disagree with that one!
6. ‘Ruby’, The Kaiser Chiefs – very catchy indeed
7. ‘I’m Always Here’, Jimi Jamison – wtf?
8. ‘Brown Eyed Girl‘, Van Morrison – a worthy choice
9. ‘Teenage Dirtbag‘, Wheatus – I always sing along to this
10. ‘Livin’ on a Prayer‘, Bon Jovi – and this too
What do you think that the catchiest song ever is?
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