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Researchers found that if you want to hear some tunes while driving on those treacherous winter roads, the “safest” option is Billie Eilish’s “bad guy.”
According to new data, the study finds THAT SONG has the lowest “distraction score” (8.1%) out of the songs in Spotify’s 20 most popular driving playlists. That’s a list of nearly 1,500 songs!
The team ranked each tune’s ability to distract a driver based on three key scores: danceability, high energy, and how emotionally charged the music is. Songs that researchers consider extremely distracting were more energetic and emotionally charged but had a low danceability score.
Researchers averaged these scores together to create an overall distraction score. Using a popularity score, they then matched their list against the songs with a popularity of more than 80 to find the top 50 hits which are either “safe” or distracting.
Top 10 Safest Driving Songs:
“bad guy” – Billie Eilish (8.1%)
“July” – Noah Cyrus (9.3%)
“Bruises” – Lewis Capaldi (10.2%)
“When I Was Your Man” – Bruno Mars (10.3%)
“Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber (10.4%)
“Dancing on my Own” – Calum Scott (11.5%)
“7 rings” – Ariana Grande (11.6%)
“enough for you” – Olivia Rodrigo (12.2%)
“Mr. Blue Sky” – Electric Light Orchestra (12.3%)
“All of Me” – John Legend (13.4%)
Top 10 Dangerous Driving Songs:
“Hey Ya!” – Outkast (72.6%)
“Mr. Brightside” – The Killers (69.6%)
“Empire State of Mind” – JAY-Z (69.5%)
“Take on Me” – a-ha (69.4%)
“Can’t Stop” – Red Hot Chili Peppers (69.0%)
“Feel So Close” (Radio Edit) – Calvin Harris (68.5%)
“You Give Love A Bad Name” – Calvin Harris (68.5%)
“Bring Me To Life” – Evanescence (67.3%)
“Levitating” – Dua Lipa (67.2%)
“Dusk Till Dawn” (Radio Edit) – ZAYN (66.2%)
Source: StudyFinds.
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