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
