The Best Van Canto Songs According to Facebook
Yesterday, Van Canto asked their followers on Facebook to name their top 5 songs (incl. at least one cover and at least one original song). I aggregated the first 337 responses (excluding those that contain less than two songs). Here is the overall hit list (along with the number of votes):
You can find some more results below.
- Last Night of the Kings (120)
- If I Die in Battle (112)
- Rebellion (111)
- Primo Victoria (102)
- Neuer Wind (93)
- The Bard’s Song – In the Forest (85)
- Lost Forever (70)
- The Mission (69)
- Kings of Metal (62)
- Fear of the Dark (62)
- Speed of Light (52)
- The Seller of Souls (49)
- Magic Taborea (47)
- To Sing a Metal Song (40)
- Wishmaster (38)
- A Storm to Come (37)
- Water Fire Heaven Earth (30)
- My Voice (29)
- Bed of Nails (28)
- Take to the Sky (25)
- The Higher Flight (24)
- Master of Puppets (24)
- Battery (23)
- Master of the Wind (20)
- I Stand Alone (20)
- Black Wings of Hate (17)
- Quest for Roar (17)
- Hearted (16)
- Pathfinder (12)
- Betrayed (10)
- One to Ten (10)
- Hero (10)
- Tribe of Force (9)
- Spelled in Waters (7)
- Carry on (7)
- Stora Rövardansen (7)
- Stormbringer (6)
- I am Human (5)
- Starlight (5)
- Bad to the Bone (4)
- Dangers in my Head (3)
- King (3)
- Frodo’s Dream (2)
- Rain (2)
- She’s Alive (1)
“Lifetime” is the only song that wasn’t mentioned at all, even though I like it very much!
Comparing the relative frequency of votes by gender reveals that the men were more likely to choose the following songs:
- If I Die in Battle (men 8%, women 5%, difference 3.6%)
- Lost Forever (5%, 3%, 2.5%)
- A Storm to Come (3%, 1%, 1.3%)
- Speed of Light (4%, 2%, 1.3%)
- Fear of the Dark (4%, 3%, 1.2%)…
Women were more likely to chose the following songs:
- Neuer Wind (men 5%, women 10%, diff. -5.2%)
- The Bard’s Song – In the Forest (5%, 8%, -3.0%)
- Bed of Nails (1%, 3%, -1.9%)
- Rebellion (7%, 8%, -1.7%)
- Master of the Wind (1%, 2%, -1.3%)…
fan namba wan:
Lifetime is really good, but not in top 5, actually Van Canto is one of few bands that have no bad songs!
3 July 2013, 7:58 pmsoundso:
Frauen mögen Bed of Nails lieber als männer O_o
3 July 2013, 7:59 pmLaura Campbell:
Thank you so much for the compilation!! Very interesting to see the comparisons. I stink at statistics so glad you are! RakkaTakka and well done!
3 July 2013, 8:15 pm