Posted on 11/03/2014 7:39:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Scientists say if you wanna be the pop star with the catchiest song of all time, “what you want, what you really really want,” to have is a word "hook" that latches onto a listener’s mind super fast.
In the case of The Spice Girls’ hit "Wannabe," the study of 12,000 people found it takes just 2.29 seconds to recognize the song when it begins at the chorus "if you wanna be my lover…"
Anyone seeking something man-made and sold to the general public which operates at that kind of speed may have to leave the world of song and hit the race track in search of an Ariel Atom – which moves just a hair slower than a Spice Girl tune. The Atom is the fastest accelerating street legal road car on the planet thanks to its ability to go from zero to sixty miles per hour in just 2.3 seconds, according to 10 Most Today website.
Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) published the results of a year-long study of what makes a song stick in your head – the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” came in at No. 1.
Researchers used the ‘Hooked on Music’ test, which is online for continued use by the general public.
The MOSI site offers two versions of the test. It asks listeners to try to name a song randomly selected from over 1,000 best-selling tunes when it began playing from the hook – or to take a time trial to see how fast you can recognize the song from the hook.
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I am partial to the Fanta Girls.
I used to hate that song......until I became a parent. Going on that ride that seems to last forever is the best way to get a good rest at Disneyland.
2NE1 songs are pretty catchy
I bet “Ode To Joy” would win hands down
The Spice Girls’ fame...did it even last the proverbial 15 minutes?
It's all about the base...
The Sesame Street theme song
Oops -> BASS
Face-palm admission...
I actually attended a Spice Girls concert as chaperone for my two middle school daughters.
Anything for the chil’rens...
I vote Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
RE: Nope, 1st 4 notes of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.
Some people could identify Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik from the first three notes.
Flight of the Bumblebee
It’s not this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I know tons of Aerosmith songs, their contribution is at #10. “I don’t want to miss a thing” that I barely know and certainly isn’t from their golden age.
In this vein of rock,
Smoke on the water
Black Dog
For starters... I mean, they put a straight reggae song into the list at “Rivers of Babylon”. The list is subjective, maybe it is a bigger song over in UK.
Though, I would not even buy the song, that Wham song, George Michael’s “Wake me up before you go” would seem to be proper for this list.
RE: I bet “Ode To Joy” would win hands down
Some people could identify Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik from the first three notes.
I totally disagree.
The number one song that is the catchiest in my honest opinion is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk
Blue Suede: Hooked on a feeling. The first “Ooga Chugga” hooks you. Less than 1 second.
RE: I vote Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
As long it’s played from the pipe organ, the first three notes will identify it.
Do you feel like we do?
Ok - full disclosure: If trapped on a desert isle with the ability to listen to only one song, I’d go with your’s.
“Joyful, joyful...”
Indeed, thanks...
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