[SeekAndFind]

I WONDER WHAT MONEY PAID FOR THIS RESEARCH...

[SeekAndFind]

The List of songs that speed to work on a listener’s memory, according to the new study. The second time listed is where the song’s catchiest “hook,” like a refrain, falls in the song.

1. Spice Girls - Wannabe - 2.29 seconds (0:45)

2. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 - 2.48 s (0:50)

3. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger - 2.62 s (2:04)

4. Lady Gaga - Just Dance - 2.66 s (1:39)

5. ABBA - SOS - 2.73 s (2:25)

6. Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman - 2.73 s (1:07)

7. Michael Jackson - Beat It - 2.80 s (0:38)

8. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - 2.83 s (3:09)

9. The Human League - Don’t You Want Me - 2.83 s (3:05)

10. Aerosmith - I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - 2.84 s (2:22)

11. Lady Gaga - Poker Face - 2.88 s (0:57)

12. Hanson - Mmmmbop - 2.89 s (1:44)

13. Elvis Presley - It’s Now Or Never - 2.91 s (2:14)

14. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet - 2.94 s (1:48)

15. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - 2.97 s (1:25)

16. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon - 2.99 s (0:41)

17. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time - 2.99 s (0:33)

18. Elvis Presley - Devil in Disguise - 3.01 s (1:21)

19. Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon - 3.03 s (0:23)

20. Elton John - Candle in the Wind - 3.04 s (0:39)

[Dr. Sivana]

The Dragnet theme didn’t make the list? Most memorable four notes in history.

[Jewbacca]

Just imagine if this was combined with the WWII secret funniest joke in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpjk_MaCGM

The terrorist would have won!

[MayflowerMadam]

I’m very partial to the opening instrumental of The Pretenders’ “My City Was Gone”. When I hear it I get warm fuzzies and some hope for America.

[Kartographer]

BS! Because who in the world would not recognize Queen’s ‘We will Rock you’ which is at every football (Both kinds) game in the world?

[GeronL]

That is not catchy at all, it’s annoying

[GSWarrior]

I am partial to the Fanta Girls.

[Signalman]

The Spice Girls’ fame...did it even last the proverbial 15 minutes?

[jonno]

Catchiest song of all time?

It's all about the base...

[moovova]

Face-palm admission...

I actually attended a Spice Girls concert as chaperone for my two middle school daughters.

Anything for the chil’rens...

[posterchild]

Do you feel like we do?

[JPG]

Recognizing “A Hard Days Night” & “Satisfaction” are also super quick.

[BunnySlippers]

Never heard of it.

[Organic Panic]

I am guessing they ONLY included pop music. I doubt they included Henry Mancini, ACDC’s opening riffs, or TV shows.

[dead]

The opening guitar strum on The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" and everybody over thirty knows exactly what song is on.

A Hard Day's Night

[roofgoat]

Robbin Crosby’s first acoustic chord strum of Ratt’s “Back for More”.

[CrazyIvan]

Hey, like where’s Stairway to Heaven, man?

[dainbramaged]

“Everybody’s Talkin’” by Harry Nilsson sticks in my cranium.

[blueunicorn6]

“Nibblin on bacon and chewin on cheese”

[minnesota_bound]

Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRtME-3rcP4

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o