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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

The Perfect Song

Researchers at the University of London have broken the code to what makes a song so catchy. 

According to their research – the key elements that keep people singing a song  – often without wanting to – are long and detailed musical phrases, multi-pitch changes in the hook, and male vocalists accompanied by higher male vocalists.  Based on that criteria – researchers concluded that the top 2 catchiest songs ever made were Queen’s “We are the Champions”, and the Village People’s “YMCA.”  Other songs that made the top-10 list include Europe’s “Final Countdown” and – oddly – the theme song to the TV Show “Baywatch.”  Who would have thought – the real reason why people tuned in to Baywatch…was because of the music!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There was music on Baywatch?

Anonymous said...

i think they need to act the professional musicians that question to have a more legitament argument