Spotify's Most Common 'Desert Island Discs' Playlist Songs Revealed
The data, most recently carried out in April, was found by basing results on 999 Spotify playlists that featured ‘Desert Island Discs’ in the title.
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Adventure travel company Explore Worldwide has carried out fresh research and hosted a new study to reveal the most common tracks that appear on “Desert Island Discs” playlists on Spotify.
The present iteration of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs program was first broadcast in 1942.
A simple premise that features special guests appearing on the radio and sharing the songs they couldn’t live without if stranded on an island alone has expanded to everyday conversations and streaming services, such as Spotify, which means that we can now track down the definitive Desert Island Discs.
The data, most recently carried out in April, was found by basing results on 999 Spotify playlists that featured ‘Desert Island Discs’ in the title.
33,332 individual tracks featured in the 999 playlists were analysed in order to discover the most popular artists and songs in said playlists. Of the 33,332 tracks analysed, Explore Worldwide found that 10,880 were unique songs by 311 different artists.
You can see the results for yourself: here are the 30 Most Often Used Songs in Spotify ‘Desert Island Discs’ Playlists found by Explore Worldwide.
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Rank | Track Title | Artist Name | Playlist Frequency Percentage |
1 | Landslide | Fleetwood Mac | 4.6% |
2 | Fast Car | Tracy Chapman | 4.4% |
3 | The Chain | Fleetwood Mac | 4.0% |
4 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | 4.0% |
5 | I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | Nina Simone | 3.8% |
6 | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | Talking Heads | 3.8% |
7 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | 3.8% |
8 | Romeo And Juliet | Dire Straits | 3.5% |
9 | Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles | 3.4% |
10 | Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) | Kate Bush | 3.4% |
11 | Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac | 3.4% |
12 | Tiny Dancer | Elton John | 3.2% |
13 | Dreams | Fleetwood Mac | 3.2% |
14 | American Pie | Don McLean | 3.2% |
15 | One Day Like This | Elbow | 3.2% |
16 | Into My Arms | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 3.2% |
17 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 3.2% |
18 | Unfinished Sympathy | Massive Attack | 3.2% |
19 | Walk On The Wild Side | Lou Reed | 3.0% |
20 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Tears For Fears | 3.0% |
21 | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | 3.0% |
22 | Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) | Elton John | 3.0% |
23 | Everywhere | Fleetwood Mac | 3.0% |
24 | Perfect Day | Lou Reed | 2.8% |
25 | Mr Brightside | The Killers | 2.8% |
26 | Common People | Pulp | 2.8% |
27 | (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Day | Otis Redding | 2.8% |
28 | Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes | Paul Simon | 2.8% |
29 | The Whole Of The Moon | The Waterboys | 2.8% |
30 | Harvest Moon | Neil Young | 2.6% |
In April, Spotify Australia introduced new playlists to platform Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. The playlists include Proppa Bars, a hip-hop playlist; a mood playlist called Big Ancestor Energy; and two new kids’ playlists, Too Deadly Bub and Blak Hits For Kids.
The streaming giant’s current playlists dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been revamped, featuring new designs created in collaboration with Aboriginal artist and designer Arkie Barton.
Barton said the new designs “represents a coming together of community and mobs from all across so-called Australia, specifically within the digital space of the Spotify First Nations arena.”
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