The Sound of Boston

United States · #15 origin · 5 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
358.4
US score
33.6
UK score
19.3
Attributed artists
29

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 2.16 · score per artist 12.4

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Aerosmith83.9
  2. 2New Kids on the Block60
  3. 3Donna Summer44.8
  4. 4Boston36.4
  5. 5Bobby Brown22.5
  6. 6Paula Cole15.4
  7. 7Vaughn Meader12.5
  8. 8Noah Kahan11.3
  9. 9The Cars10
  10. 10Pixies8.8
  11. 11The J. Geils Band6.2
  12. 12New Edition4.9
  13. 13Freddy Cannon4.8
  14. 14Vertical Horizon4
  15. 15Extreme3.8

Signature songs

  1. 1“The Day the Rains Came” : Jane Morgan · UK #1 (1958)
  2. 2“Stick Season” : Noah Kahan · UK / US #1 (2023)
  3. 3“End of Beginning” : Djo · UK / US #1 (2024)
  4. 4“Centerfold” : The J. Geils Band · UK / US #1 (1982)
  5. 5“I Don't Want to Miss a Thing” : Aerosmith · UK / US #1 (1998)
  6. 6“Spirit in the Sky” : Norman Greenbaum · UK / US #1 (1970)
  7. 7“Everything You Want” : Vertical Horizon · US #1 (2000)
  8. 8“More Than Words” : Extreme · UK / US #1 (1991)
  9. 9“MacArthur Park” : Donna Summer · UK / US #1 (1978)
  10. 10“Monster Mash” : Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers · UK / US #1 (1962)
  11. 11“Hot Stuff” : Donna Summer · US #1 (1979)
  12. 12“Hangin' Tough” : New Kids on the Block · UK / US #1 (1989)
  13. 13“Fight Song” : Rachel Platten · UK / US #1 (2015)
  14. 14“Drive” : The Cars · UK / US #3 (1984)
  15. 15“Bad Girls” : Donna Summer · US #1 (1979)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“End of Beginning”
Djo · UK
2026
“Stick Season”
Noah Kahan · UK
2023
“Fight Song”
Rachel Platten · UK
2015
“Bonkers”
Armand van Helden · UK
2009
“Everything You Want”
Vertical Horizon · US
2000
“You Don't Know Me”
Armand van Helden · UK
1999
“I Don't Want to Miss a Thing”
Aerosmith · US
1998
“Good Vibrations”
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch · US
1991
“More Than Words”
Extreme · US
1991
“She Ain't Worth It”
Bobby Brown · US
1990
“Step by Step”
New Kids on the Block · US
1990
“Hangin' Tough”
New Kids on the Block · UK / US
1989
“I'll Be Loving You (Forever)”
New Kids on the Block · US
1989
“You Got It (The Right Stuff)”
New Kids on the Block · UK
1989
“My Prerogative”
Bobby Brown · US
1988
“Amanda”
Boston · US
1986
“Candy Girl”
New Edition · UK
1983
“Centerfold”
The J. Geils Band · US
1982
“Bad Girls”
Donna Summer · US
1979
“Hot Stuff”
Donna Summer · US
1979
“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”
Donna Summer · US
1979
“MacArthur Park”
Donna Summer · US
1978
“I Feel Love”
Donna Summer · UK
1977
“Spirit in the Sky”
Norman Greenbaum · UK
1970
“Monster Mash”
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers · US
1962
25 of 26 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

5 Master Tape tracks by Boston artists: Her Town Too (with J.D. Souther) (James Taylor) · With You All The Way (New Edition) · Voices Carry ('Til Tuesday) · Drive - 2017 Remaster (The Cars) · Rock Wit'cha (Bobby Brown)