http://www.metafilter.com/tags/hits Posts tagged with 'hits' at MetaFilter. Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:57:37 -0800 Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:57:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31702/Frankenpop You know how some songs are really catchy and you wonder if the hooks could be engineered to make people like the song? A company called <a href="http://www.polyphonichmi.com/">Polyphonic HMI</a> has created software they call "<a href="http://www.hitsongscience.com/">Hit Song Science</a>" which is supposed to contain algorithms that determine if a song is likely to be a hit. The company is touting <a href="http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=63782">their first attempt at using HSS in the marketplace as a success</a>. [via <a href="http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/">furdlog</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31702 Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:57:37 -0800 hits hitsongs marketing music top40 mathowie http://www.metafilter.com/29882/The%2Dother%2DXmas%2Dtunes <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1094366,00.html">12 oddest Christmas hits... ever!</a> Almost December, the stores are playing the usual Xmas compilations (already) so I propose a change to the usual "Rockin around the Christmas Tree". Which <a href="http://www.larrygoodcomposer.com/essay14.html">ear worm</a> do you want? tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29882 Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:12:06 -0800 brokenlink christmas earworm hits music odd songs xmas snowgoon http://www.metafilter.com/4243/ <a href="http://www.thebeatles.com/">The Beatles</a> are back and now online! Check out their new site for their new compliation CD <i><a href="http://www.thebeatles.com/" title="The Beatles 1">1</a></i><br><small>P.S: The site layout was made on Mac with BBEdit 5.0</small> tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.4243 Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:42:09 -0800 beatles cd compilaton hits thebeatles riffola