Favorite 100 Songs Trivia

Total time of all songs – 6 hours, 25 minutes

Average song length – 3:51

 

Shortest songs:

    2:07  #65  Do You Believe In Magic -- The Lovin' Spoonful (1965)

    2:08  #72  Mama Said -- The Shirelles (1961)

    2:10  #46  One Fine Day -- The Chiffons (1963)

 

Longest songs (all in my top 20, for whatever it’s worth):

    7:43  #19  Bustin' Loose -- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers (1979)

    6:59  #5  Slippin' Into Darkness – War (1972)

    6:22  #7  Canadian Railroad Trilogy -- Gordon Lightfoot (1967)

    6:14  #1  Stay In My Corner -- The Dells (1968)

 

Shortest song title:

    #67  Mystery -- The Manhattan Transfer (1984)

Longest song title (tie):

    #100  Somewhere In America There's A Street Named After My Dad -- Was (Not Was)  (1988)

    #35  Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) -- Gladys Knight & The Pips (1973)

 

Songs by decade:

1950s – 2

    #93  Fools Fall In Love -- The Drifters (1957)

    #83  This I Swear -- The Skyliners (1959)

1960s – 37

1970s – 23

1980s – 21

1990s – 11

2000s – 4

2010s – 2

    #86  Wide River To Cross -- Diana Krall (2012)

    #91  The Walk -- Mayer Hawthorne (2011)

 

Year with the most songs – 1965:

    #8  You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' -- The Righteous Brothers

    #9  A Change Is Gonna Come -- Sam Cooke

    #21  Ride Away -- Roy Orbison

    #33  I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better -- The Byrds

    #57  New York's A Lonely Town -- The Tradewinds

    #61  The Carnival Is Over -- The Seekers

    #65  Do You Believe In Magic -- The Lovin' Spoonful