Hummingbird/Hottest100Women overall

So, how many songs did we have in common, and how many were different?

Well, 24 songs appeared in both lists. These songs were more likely to occur in the second 50 of the Hummingbird 100, and in the first 55 of the Hottest 100. That is to say - the songs we had in common were more likely to be the more popular alternative songs, which were less popular than the standard pop songs. So to speak.

Also, there were 64 artists appearing in the Hummingbird, compared to 69 in the Hottest 100 (which we should point out here, is actually 110). This equals a 64% uniqueness ratio (yes, that's the official term) for the Hummingbird, and 63% for H110 - ie, Hummingbird has a slightly higher ratio of individual artists.

Of those 64 artists, 22 were in the Hottest110 - meaning we had a much higher overlap of artists, than of songs. Which makes plenty of sense.

Hummingbird/Hottest100Women Top 10s

Okay, so, comparing the top 10s.

The top 10 for the two countdowns, and their corresponding rankings in the other countdown:

Artist	Song	H100W position	Hummingbird position
Aretha Franklin	Respect	1	1
Kate Bush	Wuthering Heights	2	47
Tori Amos	Cornflake Girl	3	71
Portishead	Glory Box	4	68
Breeders	Cannonball	Equal 5	--
Janis Joplin	Another Piece Of My Heart	Equal 5	--
Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	7	48
Dusty Springfield	Son Of A Preacher Man	8	63
Veruca Salt	Seether	9	--
Bjork	Hyperballad	Equal 10	--
Mazzy Star	Fade Into You	Equal 10	--

Artist	Song	Hummingbird position	H100W position
Aretha Franklin	Respect	1	1
Pink	So What	2	--
Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive	3	Equal 96
Abba	Dancing Queen	4	--
Madonna	Like A Prayer	5	Equal 28
Lady Gaga	PokerFace	6	--
Bangles	Eternal Flame	7	--
Fergie	Big Girls Don't Cry	8	--
Blondie	Heart of Glass	9	Equal 16
Madonna	Like A Virgin	10	--

What can we read into this? Well, it looks like songs which were massively popular in the H110W countdown were more likely to be popular across the board - regardless of whether people prefer pop or alternative. Whereas songs that were massively popular in the Hummingbird100 countdown were more likely to be popular only within the pop fan base. Half of the Hummingbird100 top 10 songs which didn't make it into the H100W at all, were from the 2000s. IE Hummingbird is more likely to have more recent songs which are more likely to be popular only among people who are more likely to like more recent songs! A more specific top 10, I guess.

What I like about the Hummingbird100 top 10 is the totally disco feel, in fact. Madonna, Abba, Gloria Gaynor, and Blondie. I could dance to those songs all night long! I can't really say the same for the H100W top 10 - they're more bottle-of-wine and good-cheese and rage-til-the-morning kinda songs. Songs that say "I used to rock really hard. Now, I reminisce." *grins* Sorry, but it's true!

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Okay, so, this song is just a little bit strange. Someone wanted to know who sung it (and, I assume, why it had that title!), so I've dug up some information.

It was recorded originally by Klaatu (yes, like Klaatu Baradu Nictu, you crazy sci-fi fans) in 1976 - and I'm not sure if it's tongue-in-cheek, or just faintly wacky. But it's something to do with *ahem* contacting aliens.

Now, the Carpenters covered it in 1977, and again, I have no clue whether irony was a deciding factor in this big career step of theirs. Honestly people, I really have no idea wtf is going on with this song.



Christopher Johnson from Facebook, you voted for this - you owe us all an explanation!

The top 110 - the final list

Here is the final, ultimate, total, absolute (until next year) list of the top 100 songs as sung by a woman (or a band with 2 or more women in it), as voted by YOU.

	SONG	ARTIST	COUNTRY	YEAR
1	Respect	Aretha Franklin	USA	1967
2	Wuthering Heights	Kate Bush	England	1978
3	Cornflake Girl	Tori Amos	USA	1994
4	Glory Box	Portishead	England	1994
6	Cannonball	Breeders	USA	1993
6	Piece Of My Heart	Janis Joplin	USA	1968
7	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinead O'Connor	Ireland	1990
8	Son Of A Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield	England	1968
9	Seether	Veruca Salt	USA	1994
11	Fade Into You	Mazzy Star	USA	1994
11	Hyperballad	Bjork	Iceland	1995
13	Fast Car	Tracy Chapman	USA	1988
13	Maps	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	USA	2003
14	Running Up That Hill	Kate Bush	England	1985
15	Good Fortune	PJ Harvey	England	2000
19	Gorecki	Lamb	England	1997
19	Heart Of Glass	Blondie	USA	1979
19	Jolene	Dolly Parton	USA	1974
19	Violet	Hole	USA	1995
20	I Touch Myself	Divinyls	Australia	1991
22	Dirty Jeans	Magic Dirt	Australia	2000
22	I Love Rock And Roll	Joan Jett and The Blackhearts	USA	1981
24	Brass In Pocket	Pretenders	England	1979
24	Time After Time	Cyndi Lauper	USA	1984
27	Constant Craving	k.d. lang	Canada	1992
27	Paper Planes	M.I.A.	England	2007
27	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday	USA	1939
30	Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	Canada	1970
30	Like A Prayer	Madonna	USA	1989
30	sheela na Gig	PJ Harvey	England	1992
35	Army Of Me	Bjork	Iceland	1995
35	Call Me	Blondie	USA	1980
35	Human Behaviour	Bjork	Iceland	1993
35	You Ought To Know	Alanis Morissette	Canada	1995
35	Zombie	Cranberries	Ireland	1994
40	A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell)	Joni Mitchell	Canada	1971
40	At Last	Etta James	USA	1960
40	Babooshka	Kate Bush	England	1980
40	Breathe Me	Sia	Australia	2004
40	Celebrity Skin	Hole	USA	1998
45	Boys In Town	Divinyls	Australia	1981
45	Kool Thing	Sonic Youth	USA	1990
45	Linger	Cranberries	Ireland	1993
45	Push It (Salt and Pepa)	Salt N Pepa	USA	1987
45	You're So Vain (Carly Simon)	Carly Simon	USA	1972
51	Closer To Fine	Indigo Girls	USA	1989
51	Go your own way	Fleetwood Mac	England	1977
51	Just A Girl	No Doubt	USA	1995
51	Man Overboard	Do Re Mi	Australia	1985
51	Rehab	Amy Winehouse	England	2006
51	Standing In The Way Of Control	Gossip	USA	2006
54	Crucify	Tori Amos	USA	1992
54	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	Cyndi Lauper	USA	1983
54	These Boots Are Made For Walking	Nancy Sinatra	USA	1966
59	Atomic	Blondie	USA	1979
59	Bloody Mother Fucking Assholes	Martha Wainwright	Canada	2004
59	Central Reservation	Beth Orton	England	1999
59	It's Oh So Quiet	Bjork	Iceland	1995
59	Untouchable Face	Ani DiFranco	USA	1996
68	London Still	Waifs	Australia	2002
68	Me And Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	USA	1971
68	Samson	Regina Spektor	USA	2002
68	Scar	Missy Higgins	Australia	2004
68	Sweet Dreams	Eurythmics	England	1983
68	Teardrop	Massive Attack	England	1998
68	This Mess We're In	PJ Harvey	England	2000
68	Vogue	Madonna	USA	1990
68	What's Up	Four Non Blondes	USA	1993
73	99 Luftballons	Nena	Germany	1984
73	Doll Parts	Hole	USA	1994
73	Miss World	Hole	USA	1994
73	Only Happy When It Rains	Garbage	USA	1995
73	Stay (Lisa Loeb)	Lisa Loeb	USA	1994
85	Coin-Operated Boy	Dresden Dolls	USA	2004
85	Devilgate Drive	Suzi Quatro	USA	1974
85	Feeling Good	Nina Simone	USA	1965
85	Fuck The Pain Away	Peaches	Canada	2000
85	Gloria	Patti Smith	USA	1975
85	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	USA	1971
85	One Way Or Another	Blondie	USA	1978
85	Queer	Garbage	USA	1995
85	Science Fiction	Divinyls	Australia	1983
85	White Rabbit	Jefferson Airplane	USA	1967
85	Winter	Tori Amos	USA	1992
85	Your Ghost	Kristen Hersh	USA	1994
95	Criminal	Fiona Apple	USA	1996
95	Deceptacon	Le Tigre	USA	1999
95	Down By The Water	PJ Harvey	England	1995
95	Edge Of Seventeen	Stevie Nicks	USA	1981
95	Fast As You Can	Fiona Apple	USA	1999
95	Joga	Bjork	Iceland	1997
95	Luka	Suzanne Vega	USA	1987
95	Rhiannon	Fleetwood Mac	England	1975
95	Roads	Portishead	England	1994
95	Talkin' 'bout A Revolution	Tracy Chapman	USA	1988
110	1 2 3 4	Feist	Canada	2007
110	Back To Black	Amy Winehouse	England	2006
110	Cloudbusting	Kate Bush	England	1985
110	Don't Speak	No Doubt	USA	1996
110	Fidelity	Regina Spektor	USA	2006
110	Horses	Patti Smith	USA	1975
110	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor	USA	1978
110	Landslide	Fleetwood Mac	England	1975
110	My Baby Just Cares For Me	Nina Simone	USA	1958
110	On The Radio	Regina Spektor	USA	2006
110	Precious Things	Tori Amos	USA	1992
110	Rapture	Blondie	USA	1981
110	Stop!	Sam Brown	England	1988
110	The Fear	Lily Allen	England	2009
110	Vow	Garbage	USA	1995

Post-poll statistics and facts

Playing with spreadsheets and pivottables creates some wonderfully interesting statistics and nuggets of yummiest information. Here are some of them:

1. Australia had 8 songs in the top 100. 3 of these were by the Divinyls. P.S. Chrissie Amphlett is a goddess.
2. At least we beat Canada, who had 7 songs.
3. England beat us resoundingly with 23.
4. Joke's on them - US had 62.
5. Bjork and Blondie had the most songs in the top 100, with 5 each.
6. The earliest song in the top 100 was Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday, from 1939. The most recent was The Fear by Lily Allen, from 2009. That's 70 years between the two, incidentally.
7. The most popular decade was the 1990s, with 43 of the top 100.
8. 1980s came second, with 20.
9. The number 1 song is a cover.
10. Songs I didn't know I knew in the top 100 included: Glory Box, Professional Widow (edited to add: woops, this was NOT in the top 100, or 110! sorry!), Kool Thing, Miss World, Brass In Pocket, Closer To Fine.
11. Personal names in the top 100: Luka, Rhiannon, Gloria, Samson, Bobby, Jolene.
12. Song I could have sworn I was the only person in the world to know: Seether (9th place).
13. The top 11 was over half American.
14. The highest Australian song came in at 20th - I Touch Myself, by Divinyls. It had previously been Magic Dirt's "Dirty Jeans", which ended up at 22nd.
15. An ex-Australian Idol contestant, Lisa Mitchell, got quite a few votes.
16. Some of the poppier artists you may not have expected to be voted for include: Spice Girls, Janet Jackson, Avril Lavigne, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera.
17. Some song titles that made me laugh: be careful what you pray for, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft, Can Anyone Who Has Heard This Music Really Be A Bad Person?, Feminists Don't Have A Sense Of Humour, Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter, What's Your Take On Cassavetes, Too Drunk to Fuck, The Largest Elizabeth in the World, Sweet Potato, Get off the internet!, I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
18. The only users to vote for more than 1 song, and have ALL their votes appear in the top 110: @attentive, kat (voting on Fuck Politeness' blog), Kate Leitch, Kate Miller-Heidke (the one and only), and Mortisha (voting on Fuck Politeness' blog).
19. Some other high scoring users: Alex Horwood (83% of 12 votes), Sarah Easton (74% of 19 votes), Maeve Marsden (72% of 25 votes), and @vodkandlime (68% of 19 votes).
    
20. Of all the people who had none of their songs appear in the top 110, @mbd wins with 25 votes, none of which appeared in the final results. Go @mbd!
21. The biggest voting day was the second last day, 6/8/09, with 1,184 votes recorded.
22. Songs which were in the top 110 for a while but were beaten out in the last few days: Birthday by Sugarcubes, Caught A Lite Sneeze by Tori Amos, Come On Come On by Little Birdy (awww Aussie), Divorcee By 23 by Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set (more Aussie!), La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf (awww Frenchie!), My Island Home by Christine Anu (you get the picture), Alive And Brilliant by Deborah Conway, Work It by Missy Elliott, and Oh Bondage Up Yours by X-ray Spex (bugger!).

Any more stats you'd like? Ask and ye shall receive.