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The Sound of Philadelphia

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

Combined (3:1)
409.1
US score
68
UK score
26.5
Attributed artists
42

Signature decade 1960s · era-distinctiveness 1.37 · score per artist 9.7

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Pink72.3
  2. 2Boyz II Men65.2
  3. 3Sabrina Carpenter54.5
  4. 4Hall & Oates48.2
  5. 5Chubby Checker26.5
  6. 6Will Smith13.6
  7. 7Lil Uzi Vert12.2
  8. 8Jim Croce10.1
  9. 9Michael Sembello8.7
  10. 10Bradley Cooper8.5
  11. 11The Stylistics7
  12. 12Frankie Avalon6.6
  13. 13Bobby Rydell6.5
  14. 14Eve4.8
  15. 15The Orlons4.5

Signature songs

  1. 1“Espresso” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2024)
  2. 2“Please Please Please” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2024)
  3. 3“End of the Road” : Boyz II Men · UK / US #1 (1992)
  4. 4“I'll Make Love to You” : Boyz II Men · UK / US #1 (1994)
  5. 5“Taste” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2024)
  6. 6“So What” : Pink · UK / US #1 (2008)
  7. 7“The Twist” : Chubby Checker · US #1 (1960)
  8. 8“Manchild” : Sabrina Carpenter · UK / US #1 (2025)
  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“Let's Twist Again” : Chubby Checker · UK / US #2 (1961)
  13. 13“Water Runs Dry” : Boyz II Men · US #2 (1995)
  14. 14“Raise Your Glass” : Pink · US #1 (2010)
  15. 15“Time in a Bottle” : Jim Croce · US #1 (1973)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Manchild”
2025
Sabrina Carpenter
UK / US
“Espresso”
2024
Sabrina Carpenter
UK
“Please Please Please”
2024
Sabrina Carpenter
UK / US
“Taste”
2024
Sabrina Carpenter
UK
“Freaky Friday”
2018
Lil Dicky
UK
“Shallow”
2018
Bradley Cooper
UK / US
“Bad and Boujee”
2017
Lil Uzi Vert
US
“Harlem Shake”
2013
Baauer
US
“Just Give Me a Reason”
2013
Pink
US
“Raise Your Glass”
2010
Pink
US
“So What”
2008
Pink
UK / US
“Just Like a Pill”
2002
Pink
UK
“Lady Marmalade”
2001
Pink
US
“Never Be the Same Again”
2000
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
UK
“Wild Wild West”
1999
Will Smith
US
“Gettin' Jiggy wit It”
1998
Will Smith
US
“4 Seasons of Loneliness”
1997
Boyz II Men
US
“Men in Black”
1997
Will Smith
UK
“One Sweet Day”
1995
Boyz II Men
US
“I'll Make Love to You”
1994
Boyz II Men
US
“On Bended Knee”
1994
Boyz II Men
US
“Boom! Shake the Room”
1993
Will Smith
UK
“End of the Road”
1992
Boyz II Men
UK / US
“Frankie”
1985
Sister Sledge
UK
“Move Closer”
1985
Phyllis Nelson
UK
25 of 47 #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)