'We Are The Champions' voted catchiest pop song of all time... by scientists

Daily Mail ^ | 09/29/2011

[CrazyIvan]

Well, we all know what Freddy Mercury found “caught”.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Could someone explain what a song’s “hook” is to me please. I’ve heard the term before, but don’t really understand it. Thanks.

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A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to “catch the ear of the listener”.

It’s a lyrical line or melodic phrase that makes the song memorable.

The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance music, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often found in, or consists of, the chorus.

Here are some examples:

I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston -
“And I will always love you
I will always love you”

You’re Beautiful by James Blunt
“You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful
You’re beautiful it’s true”

[McLynnan]

No silly, it’s Bye Bye Miss American Pie by Don McLean.

[Revolting cat!]

I vote for Feelins!

[al baby]

Or “I LIKE BIG BUTTS”

[buccaneer81]

Bah! It’s the dingleberry of a fantastic hit...”We Will Rock You.”

[TruthHound]

New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talkin’ bout Mmm Pop Muzik...

[FoxPro]

Not “Naked Eye” by the Who?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Or “I LIKE BIG BUTTS”

Aren’t you confusing the above with a real Queen hit : FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS?

See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0

[Fiji Hill]

For me, the catchiest tune is There's a Rainbow Around My Shoulder. It was a number one bestseller, so it was definitely catchy.

[buccaneer81]

the cut that immediately precedes it on the album -- "We Will Rock You."

Greatest anthem ever. I skated through high school paper hoops (hockey) to it from 1978-1981.

[Kickass Conservative]

8675309 / Jenny - Tommy Tutone

Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys.

I Love L.A. - Randy Newman

L.A. Woman - The Doors

There are many more that come to mind. I think all the songs I listed so far have a hook.

I really don't care for Queen. Never have.

[thecodont]

I can get behind this theory.

Brian May, Queen's guitarist and one of the group's songwriters, ended up getting a Ph.D. in astrophysics.

[Kickass Conservative]

Forgot one.

Pass the Bill - Barack Obama.

[Wolfstar]

Oh thanks Seek, very much appreciated. :)

[nkronos]

Catchiest? What about Rebecca Black’s “Friday”? No one had ever heard of her before she cut it, but something about the tune caused it to get some ungodly number of YouTube views.

Catchiest doesn’t necessarily mean good.

[SeekAndFind]

REBECCA BLACK’s ‘Friday’ has been taken to new heights by ADULTS.

See the Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Taylor Hicks version of this song:

http://www.aoltv.com/2011/04/02/stephen-colbert-sings-friday-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/

[andrew2527]

Piano Man not the biggest singalong song? I beg to differ...

[Ciexyz]

Great hooks - Johnny Cash - I Been Everywhere, Man. and Because Youre Mine, I Walk the Line.

[ottbmare]

I always loved it. The guitar work was fabulous. I liked Freddie Mercury, too (to hear, not to see).

But if I ever win the lottery I’m going to pay a hit man to get whatever idiot did The Final Countdown. As far as I can determine there are only three words to the lyrics. If I hear that again I’m going to get dangerous. It’s amazing that you can sell a song that consists of yelling the same three words over and over again. It’s worse than rap.