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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 13:35:31 GMT
According to BBC Radio 2: TOP 10 MOST PLAYED SONGS 1. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 3. Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 4. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around 5. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 6. Robbie Williams - Angels 7. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 8. Abba - Dancing Queen 9. Perry Como - Magic Moments 10. Bing Crosby - White ChristmasFull article here
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Post by gyro on Apr 28, 2009 19:13:44 GMT
And ?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 19:19:35 GMT
One thing that gets me is the age of some of these songs.
And does anybody have any idea why A Whiter Shade of Pale would be #1?
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Post by gyro on Apr 28, 2009 19:27:31 GMT
Well, over what time period is the 'study' placed ?
Although, in all honesty, over +any+ time period (unless it was the year or so after the song was released), I'm surprised Mr Harum is at number 1 .......
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Post by gyro on Apr 28, 2009 19:29:47 GMT
Ha, just read the article, and this bit leaps out at me:
A Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song in public places in the past 75 years
If the definition of public places includes supermarkets and lifts, it all begins to make sense .....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 19:36:04 GMT
Or maybe the royalties are cheaper.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2009 19:39:44 GMT
I saw that about public places, too, and all I can figure is that they must base their figures on royalties paid for those endless tape loops with which we're besieged in supermarkets, restaurants, etc.
Another explanation for Whiter Shade being #1 -- that's a hit from my era, & it seems to me that top forty stuff got much more play & for a longer time back then than it does nowadays. Don't know if it was the same in Britain as in the US.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2009 19:45:12 GMT
"Public places" of course includes supermarkets and lifts -- this sort of statistic is based (as far as I know) on how many times the royalties have been paid for the use of a piece of music.
The biggest song still being shafted is "Happy Birthday to You" which is still subject to royalties but only gets them if you hear it on TV or in a movie. If they could find a way to make people pay at birthday celebrations, they'd make a killing.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 26, 2020 18:00:11 GMT
I'm wondering what has changed since the OP eleven years ago but I am too lazy to look it up right now.
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Post by casimira on Nov 26, 2020 19:04:26 GMT
One would think that there would be at least one Beatles song on that list. What's wrong with those people?
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 26, 2020 19:16:20 GMT
If it’s in public places there are probably legal reasons.
All I hear is George Ezra but he is a local boy.
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Post by lugg on Nov 28, 2020 10:59:12 GMT
Not quite the same criteria as the original list but according to BBC2 these are the top ten songs played in UK on radio / TV between 2010 and start of 2020.
1. Happy – Pharrell Williams 2. Rolling In The Deep – Adele 3. Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera 4. Get Lucky – Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers 5. Can’t Stop The Feeling! (Original Song from DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls) – Justin Timberlake 6. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas 7. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars 8. Counting Stars – Onerepublic 9. Forget You – Cee Lo Green 10. Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
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