{"id":7466,"date":"2021-04-27T10:24:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/?p=7466"},"modified":"2021-04-29T17:50:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T16:50:37","slug":"songs-people-make-babies-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/songs-people-make-babies-to\/","title":{"rendered":"The songs people make babies to – yes, really…"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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There\u2019s nothing like a good sultry soundtrack to get you and your special someone in the mood for love – just look at the sheer number of playlists on Spotify called \u2018\u2019Slow RnB\u2019, \u2018Bump & Grind\u2019 or \u2018Bedroom Jams\u2019 if you\u2019re doubting us. Knowing that, logically, it makes sense that plenty of us were in fact conceived to music – just try <\/span>really <\/span>hard not to think about your mum and dad listening to Marvin Gaye.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But what might surprise you is the <\/span>kind <\/span>of music that had couples across the UK feeling frisky. We started by looking at the days which had the highest birth rates in the UK from 1995 – 2014, then counting back nine months to see what was flying high in the charts. And shockingly enough, it seems that plenty of people were getting cuddly over Christmas, because a truly surprising amount of these songs are Christmas number 1 hits. <\/span><\/p>

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Yes, that\u2019s right – some of the songs people made babies to include Christmas songs. In fact, the number one song that people made babies to? \u2018Somethin\u2019 Stupid\u2019, the kitschy Christmas duet between Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman. Yes, really. There was a baby boom of 24,715 births nine months after Christmas 2001, so if you were born around September 2002, there\u2019s a decent chance that Robbie was crooning at the moment of your conception. Sorry. But at least there\u2019s a kind of seductive edge – unlike the fourth-ranked song responsible for most births: \u2018Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas?\u2019. Presented without comment. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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There are also some unexpected downers on the list, such as \u2018Love Yourself\u2019 by Justin Bieber, a song that\u2019s pretty much exclusively about telling a no-good partner to hit the road. And yet clearly this breakup anthem didn\u2019t quite hit the mark – nine months later, 15,189 children were born. Another surprise is \u2018Mad World\u2019, the shock Christmas hit from 2003 – potentially responsible for the birth of 17,961 babies, all blissfully unaware of their mournful start in the world. <\/p>\n

Of course, some make a little more sense – \u2018Patience\u2019 by Take That comes in at number 3, and as a slightly soppy ballad it\u2019s sure to have inspired many a romantic coupling (not to mention all the mums-to-be feeling emotionally overwhelmed at the return of Take That). <\/p>\n

But really, spare a thought for those conceived to perhaps the worst entry on this list – and you definitely aren\u2019t ready for this one. Ranked number 6 on our list: Bob the Builder\u2019s smash hit \u2018Can We Fix It?\u2019. Yes, really. 15,023 babies were born nine months after. We don\u2019t know about you but honestly – we\u2019d prefer not to know. <\/p>\n

Methodology:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To get the final list of songs, thortful analysed ONS live births data from 1995-2016 and then subtracted 9 months from each date to get the date of conception. From this, they found out the song that was no. 1 on each date and then ranked each song based on the number of births there were on that date. When compiling the data, the original number two spot was Earth Song by Michael Jackson. Due to the sensitivity surrounding him, we chose to omit this song from this list.<\/p>\n

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The following sources were used to collate the data:<\/p>\n

ONS Live Births by date, 1995 to 2016<\/a><\/p>

My Birthday Hits<\/a>
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