The Sound of Minneapolis

United States · #28 origin · 3 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
201.3
US score
22.8
UK score
6.9
Attributed artists
13

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 2.72 · score per artist 15.5

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Prince120
  2. 2Lizzo46.8
  3. 3Next6.1
  4. 4Owl City5.2
  5. 5The Replacements4.7
  6. 6The Jets4.6
  7. 7Lipps Inc.3.6
  8. 8Mary MacGregor3
  9. 9Larry Verne2.1
  10. 10Soul Asylum1.9
  11. 11Hüsker Dü1.5
  12. 12Information Society1.5
  13. 13Alexander O'Neal0.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“About Damn Time” : Lizzo · UK / US #1 (2022)
  2. 2“Truth Hurts” : Lizzo · US #1 (2019)
  3. 3“Fireflies” : Owl City · UK / US #1 (2009)
  4. 4“Too Close” : Next · US #1 (1998)
  5. 5“When Doves Cry” : Prince · UK / US #1 (1984)
  6. 6“Funkytown” : Lipps Inc. · UK / US #1 (1980)
  7. 7“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” : Prince · UK / US #1 (1994)
  8. 8“Torn Between Two Lovers” : Mary MacGregor · UK / US #1 (1977)
  9. 9“Good as Hell” : Lizzo · UK / US #3 (2019)
  10. 10“Purple Rain” : Prince · UK / US #2 (1984)
  11. 11“Let's Go Crazy” : Prince · UK / US #1 (1984)
  12. 12“Batdance” : Prince · UK / US #1 (1989)
  13. 13“Kiss” : Prince · UK / US #1 (1986)
  14. 14“Runaway Train” : Soul Asylum · UK / US #5 (1993)
  15. 15“Mr. Custer” : Larry Verne · US #1 (1960)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“About Damn Time”
Lizzo · US
2022
“Truth Hurts”
Lizzo · US
2019
“Fireflies”
Owl City · UK / US
2009
“Too Close”
Next · US
1998
“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”
Prince · UK
1994
“Cream”
Prince · US
1991
“Batdance”
Prince · US
1989
“Kiss”
Prince · US
1986
“Let's Go Crazy”
Prince · US
1984
“When Doves Cry”
Prince · US
1984
“Funkytown”
Lipps Inc. · US
1980
“Torn Between Two Lovers”
Mary MacGregor · US
1977
“Mr. Custer”
Larry Verne · US
1960
13 of 13 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

3 Master Tape tracks by Minneapolis artists: I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince) · The Beautiful Ones (Prince) · Take Me with U (Prince)