A bunch of OCD record collecting nerds have spent the last ten years collecting every pop song to make the Billboard chart over the past 120 years. The list, which contains over 37,000 tracks, was then picked apart and the minutia of every song (including duration, week-by-week chart position and lyrical content) was logged to create a gargantuan spreadsheet. Are you yawning yet? Well, from of whole nerdiness of the whole Whitburn Project, a couple of interesting finds were revealed…MOST CLICHÉD CLICHÉS IN POP….ain't alone angel arms around away baby bad beautiful believe blue boy change christmas comes crazy cry dance days dear dream ever everybody everything eyes fall feel fire fool forever girl gone gonna goodbye happy heart heaven hey hold kiss la lady leave life light lonely love lover mama man mind mine miss moon moonlight morning mr music night nobody oh people play please rain red remember river rock roll rose sing smile somebody something song soul star stay stop street summer sun sweet sweetheart talk tears theme things think tonight town true walk wanna wish woman wonderful world youngcreated at TagCrowd.comAVERAGE SONG DURATIONS…
The longest chart song in history is Harry Chapin's "A Better Place to Be" (9:30). Runners-up include Guns n' Roses' "November Rain" (8:56) and Don McLean's "American Pie" (8:36). The shortest chart song in history is The Womenfolk's "Little Boxes" from 1964 (1.03).
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The longest chart song in history is Harry Chapin's "A Better Place to Be" (9:30). Runners-up include Guns n' Roses' "November Rain" (8:56) and Don McLean's "American Pie" (8:36). The shortest chart song in history is The Womenfolk's "Little Boxes" from 1964 (1.03).