Rankings / Metro

The Sound of St. Louis

United States · #34 origin · 5 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
178.8
US score
17.1
UK score
7.3
Attributed artists
11

Signature decade 2000s · era-distinctiveness 3.47 · score per artist 16.3

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Tina Turner71.7
  2. 2Nelly45.8
  3. 3Miles Davis20.6
  4. 4Metro Boomin10.1
  5. 5Chuck Berry7.7
  6. 6Chingy6.1
  7. 7Ike Turner5.3
  8. 8Michael McDonald3.5
  9. 9J-Kwon3.5
  10. 10Gretchen Wilson2.9
  11. 11Luther Ingram1.7

Signature songs

  1. 1“Hot in Herre” : Nelly · UK / US #1 (2002)
  2. 2“What's Love Got to Do with It” : Tina Turner · UK / US #1 (1984)
  3. 3“My Ding-a-Ling” : Chuck Berry · UK / US #1 (1972)
  4. 4“Tipsy” : J-Kwon · UK / US #2 (2004)
  5. 5“Right Thurr” : Chingy · US #2 (2003)
  6. 6“Just a Dream” : Nelly · UK / US #3 (2010)
  7. 7“Dilemma” : Nelly · UK / US #1 (2002)
  8. 8“We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” : Tina Turner · UK / US #2 (1985)
  9. 9“My Place” : Nelly · UK / US #1 (2004)
  10. 10“Over and Over” : Nelly · UK / US #1 (2004)
  11. 11“Ride wit Me” : Nelly · UK / US #3 (2001)
  12. 12“I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)” : Michael McDonald · US #4 (1982)
  13. 13“Creepin'” : Metro Boomin · UK / US #3 (2022)
  14. 14“(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right” : Luther Ingram · US #3 (1972)
  15. 15“On My Own” : Michael McDonald · UK / US #1 (1986)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Like That”
2024
Metro Boomin
US
“Nasty Girl”
2006
Nelly
UK
“Grillz”
2005
Nelly
US
“Over and Over”
2005
Nelly
UK
“My Place”
2004
Nelly
UK
“Shake Ya Tailfeather”
2003
Nelly
US
“Dilemma”
2002
Nelly
UK / US
“Hot in Herre”
2002
Nelly
US
“On My Own”
1986
Michael McDonald
US
“What's Love Got to Do with It”
1984
Tina Turner
US
“My Ding-a-Ling”
1972
Chuck Berry
UK / US
11 of 11 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

5 Master Tape tracks by St. Louis artists: What's Love Got to Do with It (Tina Turner) · Private Dancer - 2015 Remaster (Tina Turner) · Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald) · We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (Tina Turner) · I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) (Michael McDonald)