The Sound of Philadelphia

United States · #13 origin · #7 production (Secondary) · 9 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
416.8
US score
69.8
UK score
28.2
Attributed artists
43

Signature decade 1990s · era-distinctiveness 1.41 · score per artist 9.7

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Pink71.6
  2. 2Boyz II Men70.5
  3. 3Sabrina Carpenter56.6
  4. 4Hall & Oates48.6
  5. 5Chubby Checker26.5
  6. 6Will Smith13.9
  7. 7Lil Uzi Vert12.2
  8. 8Jim Croce10.5
  9. 9Michael Sembello8.8
  10. 10Bradley Cooper8.6
  11. 11Frankie Avalon7.1
  12. 12The Stylistics6.7
  13. 13Bobby Rydell6
  14. 14Eve4.5
  15. 15Todd Rundgren4.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“Espresso” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2024)
  2. 2“End of the Road” : Boyz II Men · UK / US #1 (1992)
  3. 3“I'll Make Love to You” : Boyz II Men · UK / US #1 (1994)
  4. 4“Please Please Please” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2024)
  5. 5“Manchild” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2025)
  6. 6“Taste” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2024)
  7. 7“So What” : Pink · UK / US #1 (2008)
  8. 8“The Twist” : Chubby Checker · US #1 (1960)
  9. 9“On Bended Knee” : Boyz II Men · US #1 (1994)
  10. 10“Harlem Shake” : Baauer · UK / US #1 (2013)
  11. 11“Maneater” : Hall & Oates · UK / US #1 (1982)
  12. 12“Time in a Bottle” : Jim Croce · US #1 (1973)
  13. 13“One Sweet Day” : Boyz II Men · UK / US #1 (1995)
  14. 14“Gettin' Jiggy wit It” : Will Smith · UK / US #1 (1998)
  15. 15“Raise Your Glass” : Pink · US #1 (2010)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Manchild”
Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US
2025
“Espresso”
Sabrina Carpenter · UK
2024
“Please Please Please”
Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US
2024
“Taste”
Sabrina Carpenter · UK
2024
“Freaky Friday”
Lil Dicky · UK
2018
“Shallow”
Bradley Cooper · UK / US
2018
“Bad and Boujee”
Lil Uzi Vert · US
2017
“Harlem Shake”
Baauer · US
2013
“Just Give Me a Reason”
Pink · US
2013
“Raise Your Glass”
Pink · US
2010
“So What”
Pink · UK / US
2008
“Just Like a Pill”
Pink · UK
2002
“Lady Marmalade”
Pink · US
2001
“Never Be the Same Again”
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes · UK
2000
“Wild Wild West”
Will Smith · US
1999
“Gettin' Jiggy wit It”
Will Smith · US
1998
“4 Seasons of Loneliness”
Boyz II Men · US
1997
“Men in Black”
Will Smith · UK
1997
“One Sweet Day”
Boyz II Men · US
1995
“I'll Make Love to You”
Boyz II Men · US
1994
“On Bended Knee”
Boyz II Men · US
1994
“Boom! Shake the Room”
DJ Jazzy Jeff · UK
1993
“Boom! Shake the Room”
Will Smith · UK
1993
“End of the Road”
Boyz II Men · UK / US
1992
“Frankie”
Sister Sledge · UK
1985
25 of 48 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

Production capital · index 55 · SecondarySigma Sound; Philadelphia International catalog, Hall and Oates, Bowie's Young Americans

9 Master Tape tracks by Philadelphia artists: Sara Smile (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · One On One (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · She's Gone (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · Private Eyes (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · Out of Touch (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · Method of Modern Love (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · Say It Isn't So (Daryl Hall & John Oates) · You Know How to Love Me (Phyllis Hyman)