Last week I planted two earworms, both with notoriously long endings. I challenged you to estimate which song had more Na Nas, and by a little or a lot.
Our Contestants
The Factors
In one corner, the Hey Jude outro times in at 3:50, a definite advantage . However, as Jess pointed out, much of that time is taken up not only by Na Nas, but also by Hey Judes.
There are 11 Nas in each of 18 repetitions.
In the other corner, the Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin outro times in at a mere 1:35. Yet it has 22 Nas in each of its 7 repetitions.
The Math
Hey Jude has 11 x 18 Nas for a total of 198.
Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin has 22 x 7 Nas for a total of 154.
Hey Jude wins by 44. Traci York got the right answer.
Now you can amaze your friends with this tidbit of knowledge. I know I will (#insufferable).
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*happy dance*
Hurray for lucky guesses! In addition to amazing my family and friends, I’ll be sure to remind them many times over that I was actually RIGHT about something for a change! #InsufferableSquared
Thanks for this bit of fun, Lori! 🙂
I love that you snuck in the math with this. I would have stupidly sat and counted.
Ha ha! I love it. I would have never figured that out. 🙂
Whaaaa? That’s crazy! I never would have guessed Hey Jude by such a large margin. Go Traci!
Oh, how I love this. 🙂 I put “I get by with a little help from my friends” up on a slide today at our orientation program, and I think only a few of them got it … !
This made me laugh!
So it looks like Hey Jude wins for total Na Nas, but Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin has an impressive number of Na Nas per minute (nnpm).
Where does Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) fit in?
I honestly had never even considered counting the Na-Nas in either of these songs…but now I know. What I love is how creative and fun you are!
The Beatles still rule! 🙂