The most frequently used word in songs?

What is the most frequently used word in English language songs? Recently, I have listened internet broadcast for quite a stretch of uninterrupted time. I've gotten an impression that singers are obsessed with a word "tonight". It's by far the most frequently used word. Singer's obsession with this word is simply unhealthy. Old good grandpa Freud could have analyzed the generalized unconscious mind of singers causing such an obsession. However, I cannot. What are your takes on the origin of the tonight's popularity among thaumaturges of pop culture? Or, you may have another choice of the most frequently used word? Let's write an "average" pop song using the most frequently used words.

 

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I. nuff said. Much more used lolz

 

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It's either "I" or "you." Once you start paying attention to that, and to what that means, lyrics get so boring.

 

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I, You, a, and, to, me, we .... are the obvious favorites. I should have put my question like "what is the most frequently used (4 letters and up) word in songs?"

general framework of the most average English language song is starting to appear:

You and me tonight
Me and you tonight
I....you tonight
Tonight we....
Tonight you...

 

Considering the current state of music I would suggest that "fuck" might be the most common word.

 

"Love", "baby", "bitch" and other simularly vomit-inducing words are probably up there.

Dreamwalker: So we have:

"You and me tonight
Me and you tonight
I....you tonight
Tonight we....
Tonight you...
Fuck"

 

fuck, bitch,.... are generally deleted/blipped when song is being broadcasted. I think "want" is more frequent than "love" these days.

We are getting a list of the legit words: love, want, tonight, I, you, me, baby......

Rough translation of the Russian short rhyme came to my mind:

Why do you need to love, why do you need to suffer if a bed is always at the end.

 

That would be the obvious outcome, yes.

I live in Germany, we are no such pansies, there are no deleted words in the songs broadcasted here.

 

Internet radio in the 'States doesn't delete words, nor does Canadian radio (to my knowledge). The times I listen to regular 'States radio, I notice that a fair amount of cursing gets past the censors. At least - I can tell what they're saying.

Good point about "want".

It's not really a word, but "oh yeah", "uh huh" and variations thereof should be included in the list.

 

I wonder if "wanna" appears more often than "want" in pop music.

 

In Canada, it depends on the station. Some stations (Mostly in the city where there are hundreds) don't censor at all, whereas most "mix" stations that seem to be more event and family oriented delete swearing.

I think that "you", "me" and "I" are probablt most commonly used. Most music now is lame love songs... music sucks nowadays.

 

"she" or "you" is the most common pronoun in U2 songs. Go figure.

 

you and fuck
sad isn't it

 

=_i would say " " or it's sysitific name is space ^^^

 

'you' and 'I'.

 

The words "all" and "no" are common, I think.

As to four letters and more, I should say "more," "would," "time," "said," "away," "think," and "long" are all predominant.

 

in rap:
"yo" "sup" and a sort of "bweeuuw" sound that they seem to like making


as for my type of music:
"fuck"
"you"
"fuck"
"fuck"
and lots af random screaming

 

also "shake"

 

Love.

 

If there was a chart, I'd give number 1 to "BABY". I think it's everywhere. Well.... at least in pop-songs in boy-bands.

I don't think we should count "me", "you", "I", etc. cuz it's obvious. The songs are reflections of what the song-writer was thinking about, and thoughts are usually about oneself. In the same fashion we could also say that articles "a" and "the" are the most popular.

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