This is my 7th year tracking the earworms I wake up with every morning. This year, I added a new factor to the experiment: I switched to Spotify on January 1st. So I did not only track my own internal radio, but I can also now compare it with Wrapped, and see whether there is correlation between the music I listen to the most, and the music that gets stuck most often. (I know Spotify is problematic, this was an experiment).
Let's see the previous years:
2018: I woke up with an earworm 306 mornings, featuring 150 different songs (post here)
2019: 316 mornings, 137 songs (post here)
2020: 346 mornings, 149 songs (post here)
2021: 312 mornings, 124 songs (post here)
2022: 313 mornings, 129 songs (post here)
2023: 290 mornings, 140 songs (post here)
2024: 338 mornings, 145 songs (post here)
This year I woke up on 299 mornings with music stuck in my ear. Honestly, it was probably more than that, but in many occasions the morning chaos wiped my memory before I got to record them (yay, life with a small child). There were 148 different songs represented in the sample.
Let's see the Earworm Top List first:
Unsweetened Lemonade (11 mornings)
According to Spotify, I listened to this song 30 times this year. With that, it was among the 10 most listened to songs on my Wrapped. So, there seems to be correlation.
The Cult of Dionysus (8 mornings)
Definitely correlation: this was my top most listened to song on Spotify this year (61 listens). This is my jam. It is interesting, though, that it didn't stick as often as I thought it would.
Pink Pony Club (8 mornings)
28 listens on Spotify, so it technically wasn't in the top 10. But it did stick - both the original version and the metal cover.
Popular (7 mornings)
It was way down on the list with 19 listens, but I do adore this song, I think Ariana Grande does amazing with it.
Hear My Hope (7 mornings)
To be fair, this would probably go a lot higher on the list, except I just watched Hazbin Hotel Season 2 at the end of November, so statistically, it didn't have a chance. It still made the top list in 1 month. Also, I freaking LOVE this song.
On total, Hazbin Hotel Season 2 accounted for 21 mornings in one month. Quite impressive.
I also had You're Welcome and How far I'll go from Moana on 7 mornings each, and Shiny on 5, but at this point I have just resolved to have them stuck in my head for the rest of my life. Same with We don't talk about Bruno (6 mornings).
And yes, I watched and listened to Kpop Demon Hunters, but I didn't love it. The only song that made it high up on the list was Takedown (5 mornings).
And now, for the Spotify Top Songs:
1. Cult of Dionysus by The Orion Experience
2. Wellerman by Santiano
3. W.I.T.C.H. by Devon Cole
4. Brighter Days Come by Patty Gurdy
5. Sucker from the Arcane soundtrack
6. Spin the Wheel from the Arcane soundtrack
7. Future Heroine by Ecca Vandal
Most of these didn't even make it to the earworm list, or only showed up once. So, the correlation is not always there, it turns out.
And now, for the 1-morning-only WTF contender of the year:
Happy New Year, everyone! Happy listening! :)
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