Scientifically-Formulated Pop Hits

A psychologist has determined a recipe for the perfect pop tune:

P + Pos + T + BPM + I = S

P = Pitch
Pos = % of positive lyrics
T = Tonality
BPM = Beats per Minute
I = Images or Memories associated with the music
S = Serotonin level

Based on this, here are the Top 10 perfect pop songs (click on song title links to listen in real audio):

1.  Boo Radleys "Wake Up Boo!"
     from an archive of Janitor from Mars w/ R. Lim
2.  Beach Boys "Good Vibrations"
     from an archive of Stereo Odyssey with Yancy
3.  Jackson 5 "I Want You Back"
4.  Beatles "Here Comes the Sun"
     from Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
5.  Madonna "Holiday"
     from and archive of the Ed Shepp Radio Experiment
6.  Van Morrison "Brown-Eyed Girl"
7.  The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"
     from an archive of Ken and Harry filling in for Greasy Kid Stuff
8.  Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Starting Something"
     from Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
9.  John Paul Young "Love is in the Air"
10. The Darkness "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
      from an archive of Trouble's show

I performed a literature search on Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, who lectures at the Goldsmiths College in London, concerning these findings, and did not unearth any published work by him on the subject in any scientific journal. Then I discovered why: dude moonlights in the marketing dept for a mobile phone network company that has some fancy ringtone technology.

Thanks to Station Manager Ken, Sound Scavengers list, and Guardian UK for this one

Comments

[poesboes]

P/log(Age)+IQ/Pos+T^3-log(BPM/BMI)+(I*age^2)
--------------------------------------------
Exposure

is more likely...

With:
P/log(Age) Pitch compensated for aged hearing
IQ/Pos Smart asses can deal with less positive lyrics
T^3 Tonality is paramount!
-log(BPM/BMI) High BPM goes badly with a high Body Mass
Index! To darn tiresome.
I*Age^2 People have more memories as they age; and to
draw upon them seems to grow immensely in
importance with age.
Exposure A song can be great as long as your not exposed
to it too much!