"I Will Survive," "Toxic," "No Scrubs," and 17 Other Songs That America Listens to the Most While Cleaning
If you're mopping your floor and not pretending that your mop's handle is a microphone as you belt out your jam for an audience of probably just your cat, then I have some bad news for you: You're missing out. If you need a cleaning playlist—or yours is a little bit dusty— basement specialist OBW just released some findings that might help you find your next cleaning power anthem.
The company recently surveyed over 4,000 Americans on their cleaning habits and found that 84% listen to music while spraying and scrubbing. With that in mind, OBW also looked into what folks are listening to by analyzing over 100 Spotify playlists with the words ‘housework’ and ‘cleaning’ in the title to see which tunes were most common. Below, you can find the top 20 tracks.
The 20 Most Popular Housework Songs on Spotify
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Station
Murder On The Dance Floor – Sophie Ellis Bexter
Spinning Around – Kylie Minogue
No Scrubs – TLC
That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain
Superstar – Jamelia
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Club Tropicana – Wham!
Toxic – Britney Spears
Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Hey Ya! – Outkast
Livin’ la Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy, Rik Rok
It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
Umbrella – Rihanna
Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
Love on top – Beyonce
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
The Best – Tina Turner
Pretty wild, huh? It appears that most of the tracks are from the 2010s or before. Also, all are chart-topping hits (sadly, no one is cleaning their windows while listening to alternative indie rock). A few songs even don cleaning-inspired titles (TLC's "No Scrubs," and Britney Spears' "Toxic," etc.). Plus, I'm sure we can all agree that Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" placing first is hilarious and also very relatable.
As we mentioned, OBW also conducted a survey of over 4,000 people pertaining to housework habits. You can check the findings from it below.
The Most-Liked Housework Tasks
Vacuuming – 47%
Doing the dishes – 28%
Dusting – 13%
Changing the sheets – 8%
Mopping the floor – 4%
The Least-Liked Housework Tasks
Cleaning the oven – 0.20%
Cleaning the toilet – 0.40%
Cleaning the kitchen – 0.76%
Taking out the trash – 0.94%
Doing the laundry – 1%
Other interesting stats include: 67% of Americans only wash their towels once a month; 78% of Americans clean their toilet once a month (and 5% clean it weekly), and 49% have never cleaned their kitchen trash can.
Well, on that note, a reminder that it's never too late to up your cleaning game. Perhaps "I Will Survive" will also be the anthem that guides you through all those not-so-fun chores. You can read the full report here and learn more about OBW here.
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