- Here are some fascinating music facts
that you didn't know!
The longest song title in the world
belongs to Swedish group Rednex
and is 305 characters long, including spaces.
That is one long-ass song title.
The child on the cover of U2's album "Boy"
is actually Peter Rowen, a nephew of a friend of the band.
Two albums later, Peter was used again
for the cover of the album "War".
Rihanna's song "Umbrella" was originally
supposed to be sung by Britney Spears,
but her label turned it down at the last moment.
The longest recorded piece of music
is by a band called Bull of Heaven.
The playtime of the song "Chosen Priest
and the Apostle of Infinite Space"
is over two months long.
The only guy in the band ZZ Top
that does not have a beard is Frank Beard.
Before composing a piece of music,
Beethoven used to dip his head in cold water.
Like humans, birds can learn music
while they are still in the egg stage.
Mozart was only five years old
when he wrote his first piece of music.
Contrary to popular belief, Mozart's
middle name was not "Amadeus".
His full name was "Johann Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart".
In 1976, Barry Manilow wrote a chart-topping song
called "I Write Songs", which,
ironically, was not written by him.
Termites eat wood two times faster
when listening to heavy metal.
Monaco's national orchestra is bigger than their army is.
The violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.
The earliest known example of a musical notation
was found on a clay tablet where modern-day Iraq is
and dates back to about 1800 BC.
The American Film Institute named composer
John Williams's score for Star Wars
the greatest film score of all time.
Elvis's favorite collectible was police badges.
He collected a different police badge
for every city he performed in.
The CD was developed by Sony and Philips in 1980
and is still in use 33 years later.
Approximately one-third of recorded CDs
ever sold have been pirated.
The MP3 was developed in the early '90s
and stands for "MPEG Audio Layer 3".
The harmonica is the world's
best-selling musical instrument.
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison,
Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
all died at the age of 27.
The nano guitar is the world's smallest guitar
and is the size of a human cell.
John Lennon's eyesight was so poor
that he was legally blind without his glasses.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis writes with his left hand
but plays guitar with his right hand.
Jimi Hendrix wrote with his right hand,
but played guitar with his left hand.
And Chris Martin of Coldplay plays guitar
and draws with his right hand,
but writes with his left hand.
Reverend Run of Run-D.M.C. is a real ordained minister.
The Irish band U2 aren't really all Irish.
Adam Clayton and The Edge were born in England.
The band Guns N' Roses have had
21 full-time band members since they started in 1985.
Jay Z hasn't written down any of
his song lyrics in over a decade.
The best-selling album of all time
is Michael Jackson's "Thriller",
with an estimated 51 to 65 million copies sold.
Fred Durst, the lead singer of Limp Bizkit,
actually has a pet bulldog named Bizkit.
Since the launch of iTunes in January 2001,
over 10 billion songs have been sold digitally.
Almost 40 billion songs are downloaded illegally every year.
Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" made in 1975
is generally regarded as the first
official music video ever made.
The "Beastie" in "Beastie Boys" is actually an acronym
for "Boys Entertaining Anarchistic
Stages Towards Internal Excellence",
according to band member Mike D.
Hip-hop legend Dr. Dre was actually
a diver in his high school swimming team.
Ke$ha's single "Tik Tok" has sold more copies
than any Beatles single in history.
Flo Rida's song "Low" has sold 8 million copies,
the exact same amount as The Beatles' "Hey Jude".
Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson
for the most #1 singles off of an album, which is five.
In 1990, Warner Music purchased the copyright
for the song "Happy Birthday" for 15 million dollars.
Which is the most-recognized song in the English language,
followed by "He's a Jolly Good Fellow".
The most-purchased song in iTunes history
is "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black-Eyed Peas.
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Peace!
(triumphant music)
It literally took me about 20 tries
to say Mozart's full name.
That is incredibly hard.
"Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart".
Wow.
That kid got teased in grade school.