Lady Gaga’s song Bad
Romance is the catchiest tune on the planet,
according to a study by a university academic.
The definition of an earworm is a tune or song that
keeps going around in a person’s head, long after
the physical sound of it has finished.
Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
comes second, revealed Dr Kelly Jakubowski of
Durham University who headed a team who asked
3,000 people what their most frequent earworm
was.
The team studied the phenomenon to identify
what makes one tune so much catchier than
another.
The most memorable songs included a snappy
tempo, a simple melodic and repetitive structure –
in the style of nursery rhymes – which rise and
fall in pitch and an unusual break structure in the
song which surprises the unexpecting listener.
Dr Jakubowski explained: “The idea is to combine
a really simple overall melody shape with a unique
pattern of interval. The melody is quite simple to
remember but it has something a bit more
interesting added.
The study, Dissecting an Earworm, is published in
the academic journal Psychology of Aesthetics,
Creativity and the Arts.
Researchers also found ways to get rid of that
irritating tune that you just can’t get out of your
head.
If you do not have the time to allow the melody to
fade away on its own, researchers say try listening
to another more mundane tune to force it out of
your mind – the national anthem, for example,
works quite well.
Lady Gaga appears to have the knack for
producing an earworm with two other songs
named in the study’s list of the 10 most frequently
named earworms:
:: Bad Romance, Lady Gaga
:: Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, Kylie Minogue
:: Don’t Stop Believin’, Journey
:: Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye
:: Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5
:: California Gurls, Katy Perry
:: Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
:: Alejandro, Lady Gaga
:: Poker Face, Lady Gaga
:: Rolling In The Deep, Adele
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