Rankings / Metro

The Sound of San Francisco-San Jose

United States · #6 origin · 14 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
815.6
US score
52.6
UK score
14.7
Attributed artists
43

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.93 · score per artist 19

Decade fingerprint

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2020

Top artists

  1. 1Metallica110.2
  2. 2Santana95.8
  3. 3Green Day83.5
  4. 4Creedence Clearwater Revival73.9
  5. 5The Doobie Brothers54.3
  6. 6Journey47.3
  7. 7MC Hammer42.8
  8. 8The Pointer Sisters35.4
  9. 92Pac34
  10. 10Huey Lewis and the News31.1
  11. 11H.E.R.29.9
  12. 12Grateful Dead24.7
  13. 13En Vogue24.7
  14. 14Sly and the Family Stone18.6
  15. 15Train12.2

Signature songs

  1. 1“Tom Dooley” : The Kingston Trio · UK / US #1 (1958)
  2. 2“Abracadabra” : Steve Miller Band · UK / US #1 (1982)
  3. 3“Don't Let Go (Love)” : En Vogue · UK / US #2 (1996)
  4. 4“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” : Green Day · UK / US #2 (2004)
  5. 5“A Certain Smile” : Johnny Mathis · UK #4 (1958)
  6. 6“Mood” : 24kGoldn · UK / US #1 (2020)
  7. 7“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” : Starship · UK / US #1 (1987)
  8. 8“My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)” : En Vogue · UK / US #2 (1992)
  9. 9“Bad Moon Rising” : Creedence Clearwater Revival · UK / US #1 (1969)
  10. 10“The Joker” : Steve Miller Band · UK / US #1 (1973)
  11. 11“Hey, Soul Sister” : Train · US #3 (2010)
  12. 12“Smooth” : Santana · UK / US #1 (1999)
  13. 13“Semi-Charmed Life” : Third Eye Blind · US #4 (1997)
  14. 14“Slow Hand” : The Pointer Sisters · UK / US #2 (1981)
  15. 15“Open Arms” : Journey · US #2 (1982)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Mood”
2020
24kGoldn
UK / US
“She Makes Me Wanna”
2011
Dev
UK
“Like a G6”
2010
Dev
US
“Ghetto Gospel”
2005
2Pac
UK
“Maria Maria”
2000
Santana
US
“Smooth”
1999
Santana
US
“How Do U Want It / California Love”
1996
2Pac
US
“Jacob's Ladder”
1987
Huey Lewis and the News
US
“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now”
1987
Starship
UK / US
“Sara”
1986
Starship
US
“Stuck with You”
1986
Huey Lewis and the News
US
“The Power of Love”
1985
Huey Lewis and the News
US
“We Built This City”
1985
Starship
US
“Abracadabra”
1982
Steve Miller Band
US
“What a Fool Believes”
1979
The Doobie Brothers
US
“Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”
1978
Johnny Mathis
US
“Rock'n Me”
1976
Steve Miller Band
US
“When a Child Is Born”
1976
Johnny Mathis
UK
“Black Water”
1975
The Doobie Brothers
US
“The Joker”
1973
Steve Miller Band
UK / US
“Family Affair”
1971
Sly and the Family Stone
US
“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody Is a Star”
1970
Sly and the Family Stone
US
“Bad Moon Rising”
1969
Creedence Clearwater Revival
UK
“Everyday People”
1969
Sly and the Family Stone
US
“Tom Dooley”
1958
The Kingston Trio
US
25 of 25 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

14 Master Tape tracks by San Francisco-San Jose artists: Lowdown (Boz Scaggs) · What Can I Say (2023 Remaster) (Boz Scaggs) · Fly Like An Eagle (Steve Miller Band) · Takin' It to the Streets (The Doobie Brothers) · What a Fool Believes (The Doobie Brothers) · Minute by Minute (The Doobie Brothers) · JoJo (Boz Scaggs) · Automatic (The Pointer Sisters) · Slow Hand (The Pointer Sisters) · He's so Shy (The Pointer Sisters) · Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do (Huey Lewis & The News) · Sara (Starship) …