Back in the ‘60s, they were closer to 2 minutes in the late ‘80s, Number One lengths were nearing 5 minutes. Given the Dirty South upsurges of Imma Be, the disco jams of Out of My Head, and the New Wave revival of Rock That Body, there. The average Number One hit in the US, across all eras, is 3.8 minutes long. With its schoolyard chants, deep-bass detonations, and empowered handclaps, the unabashedly excited Boom Boom Pow is an electro anthem intended to unite the world. Also discover the danceability, energy, liveness, instrumentalness, happiness and more musical analysis points on Musicstax.
Radio used to make or break songs, and that medium comes with rules about language streaming services hold a lot of sway too nowadays, but they don’t force artists to make toothless radio edits.įascinating trend from a project I'm working on: the rise of #explicit #lyrics in #Hot100 no.1 singles #music #data #analysis /K0cN7Yem2L Find the key and BPM for I Gotta Feeling By Black Eyed Peas. This trend is probably due to basic changes in attitudes, alongside the rise of streaming. You wouldn’t find much explicit language in pre-2000 chart smashes, but since then the use of swearing has soared, with 75% of this year’s Billboard 100 Number Ones bearing the explicit label. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on. Look at the graph below for an idea of how much swearing in lyrics has increased in Number One singles over the past 16 years. Check out I Gotta Feeling - Single (The Black Eyed Peas Tribute) Explicit by Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night on Amazon Music.