We Are The Champions

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We Are The Champions
Queen

Is Queen’s “We Are the Champions” Scientifically the Catchiest Song Ever?
by MacEagon Voyce
October 6, 2016
http://nerdist.com/is-queens-we-are-the-champions-scientifically-the-catchiest-song-ever

http://www.nerve.com/news/music/science-deems-queens-we-are-the-champions-the-most-sing-along-able-song
1. “We Are the Champions” – Queen
2. “Y.M.C.A.” – The Village People
3. “Fat Lip” – Sum 41
4. “The Final Countdown” – Europe
5. “Monster” – The Automatic
6. “Ruby” – The Kaiser Chiefs
7. “I’m Always Here” – Jimi Jamison
8. “Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison
9. “Teenage Dirtbag” – Wheatus
10. “Livin’ on a Prayer” – Bon Jovi

The Mutable Meanings Of Music

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The Mutable Meanings Of Music
by Alva Noë
May 17, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/05/17/184254149/the-mutable-meanings-of-music

… Commander Hadfield’s cover, like the kids’ versions of Queen and Green Day, belongs to a recognizable genre of songs that start out as one thing — outsider songs, songs of rebellion and alienation — but end up in a very different cultural location.