Almost two decades after they zig-a-zig-ahed their way to their first number one, the Spice Girls have achieved another smash: their debut single Wannabe is the catchiest UK hit.
The researchers set up an interactive online game, called Hooked On Music, in which participants recorded how recognisable the selected songs divided into about 1,000 clips were.
We were particularly interested in music and memory and why exactly it is that certain pieces of music stay in your memory for such a long time, Burgoyne told BBC News. You may only hear something a couple of times yet 10 years later you immediately realise that you have heard it before. Yet other songs, even if you have heard them a lot, do not have this effect.
Almost two decades after they zig-a-zig-ahed their way to their first number one, the Spice Girls have achieved another smash: their debut single Wannabe is the catchiest UK hit.
The researchers set up an interactive online game, called Hooked On Music, in which participants recorded how recognisable the selected songs divided into about 1,000 clips were.
We were particularly interested in music and memory and why exactly it is that certain pieces of music stay in your memory for such a long time, Burgoyne told BBC News. You may only hear something a couple of times yet 10 years later you immediately realise that you have heard it before. Yet other songs, even if you have heard them a lot, do not have this effect.
this survey only included selected songs. I mean, everyone knows SOS is by no means the most famous Abba song. this 'study' is of no relevance.
I thought that ABBA's Mamma Mia or Dancing Queen was more recognizable than SOS but whatever, slay. The list is pretty accurate of the most popular songs. Although I must admit that Just Dance looks a bit random
