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 3.46 · 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. 1Hot in HerreNelly · UK / US #1 (2002)
  2. 2What's Love Got to Do with ItTina Turner · UK / US #1 (1984)
  3. 3My Ding-a-LingChuck Berry · UK / US #1 (1972)
  4. 4TipsyJ-Kwon · UK / US #2 (2004)
  5. 5Right ThurrChingy · US #2 (2003)
  6. 6Just a DreamNelly · UK / US #3 (2010)
  7. 7DilemmaNelly · UK / US #1 (2002)
  8. 8We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)Tina Turner · UK / US #2 (1985)
  9. 9My PlaceNelly · UK / US #1 (2004)
  10. 10Over and OverNelly · UK / US #1 (2004)
  11. 11Ride wit MeNelly · UK / US #3 (2001)
  12. 12I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)Michael McDonald · US #4 (1982)
  13. 13Creepin'Metro Boomin · UK / US #3 (2022)
  14. 14(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be RightLuther Ingram · US #3 (1972)
  15. 15On My OwnMichael McDonald · UK / US #1 (1986)

Chart-topping #1 singles

YearSingleArtistChart
2024Like ThatMetro BoominUS
2006Nasty GirlNellyUK
2005GrillzNellyUS
2005Over and OverNellyUK
2004My PlaceNellyUK
2003Shake Ya TailfeatherNellyUS
2002DilemmaNellyUK / US
2002Hot in HerreNellyUS
1986On My OwnMichael McDonaldUS
1984What's Love Got to Do with ItTina TurnerUS
1972My Ding-a-LingChuck BerryUK / 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)