{"id":1186,"date":"2012-02-21T18:07:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T17:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2012-02-21T19:14:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T18:14:28","slug":"your-favourite-chris-de-burgh-song-according-to-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Your Favourite Chris de Burgh Song According to Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s your favourite Chris de Burgh song of all time?<\/a><\/p>\n

I fed the responses into Stata, removed duplicate entries and cleaned up typos etc. – and here is the final list:<\/p>\n

                             SONG TITLE |  VOTES\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                        the lady in red |    138\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                             borderline |     62\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                          spanish train |     44\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                in a country churchyard |     32\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n   carry me (like a fire in your heart) |     26\r\n                 don't pay the ferryman |     26\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n             a spaceman came travelling |     25\r\n                            missing you |     25\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                  the snows of new york |     23\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                  patricia the stripper |     20\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n             where peaceful waters flow |     19\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                                 sailor |     17\r\n                           the same sun |     17\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                               crusader |     15\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n           go where your heart believes |     14\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                             lonely sky |     13\r\n                        separate tables |     13\r\n                   the words i love you |     13\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                   satin green shutters |     12\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                        a woman's heart |     11\r\n                            for rosanna |     11\r\n                 the head and the heart |     11\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                        high on emotion |     10\r\n                             revolution |     10\r\n                              the tower |     10\r\n                      transmission ends |     10\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                    diamond in the dark |      9\r\n                       fatal hesitation |      9\r\n        the girl with april in her eyes |      9\r\n                      up here in heaven |      9\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                  say goodbye to it all |      8\r\n                  the last time i cried |      8\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                           sailing away |      7\r\n                    the road to freedom |      7\r\n                          the traveller |      7\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                  here is your paradise |      6\r\n                       just a word away |      6\r\n                         lebanese night |      6\r\n                          natasha dance |      6\r\n                    people of the world |      6\r\n                          ship to shore |      6\r\n                             the leader |      6\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                               carry on |      5\r\n                            forevermore |      5\r\n                 i'm not scared anymore |      5\r\n                    leather on my shoes |      5\r\n               love of the heart divine |      5\r\n                               songbird |      5\r\n                            the journey |      5\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                 a rainy night in paris |      4\r\n                              discovery |      4\r\n                           eastern wind |      4\r\n                        everywhere i go |      4\r\n                      fire on the water |      4\r\n                           here for you |      4\r\n                                hold on |      4\r\n                           so beautiful |      4\r\n                            the getaway |      4\r\n                       the simple truth |      4\r\n                   why mona lisa smiled |      4\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                      always on my mind |      3\r\n                           broken wings |      3\r\n                                 flying |      3\r\n                    i'm counting on you |      3\r\n                             last night |      3\r\n                   living on the island |      3\r\n                    moonlight and vodka |      3\r\n                            perfect day |      3\r\n                           raging storm |      3\r\n                           read my name |      3\r\n                   something else again |      3\r\n                 the mirror of the soul |      3\r\n                           the storyman |      3\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                           brother john |      2\r\n                     every drop of rain |      2\r\n                              footsteps |      2\r\n                            have a care |      2\r\n                      heart of darkness |      2\r\n                       i love the night |      2\r\n                         i'm going home |      2\r\n            it's me and i'm ready to go |      2\r\n                  just another poor boy |      2\r\n                              leningrad |      2\r\n                    love is my decision |      2\r\n                        man on the line |      2\r\n                          moonfleet bay |      2\r\n                   my heart's surrender |      2\r\n                             old friend |      2\r\n                    one more mile to go |      2\r\n                              one world |      2\r\n                               pure joy |      2\r\n                     saint peter's gate |      2\r\n                          seven bridges |      2\r\n                          suddenly love |      2\r\n                           tender hands |      2\r\n                the ballroom of romance |      2\r\n                        the devil's eye |      2\r\n                 the son and the father |      2\r\n                    when i think of you |      2\r\n                 where we will be going |      2\r\n                you'll never walk alone |      2\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                                 africa |      1\r\n             all the love i have inside |      1\r\n                        another rainbow |      1\r\n                                 brazil |      1\r\n                             by my side |      1\r\n                    crying and laughing |      1\r\n                              danny boy |      1\r\n                        don't look back |      1\r\n                  every step of the way |      1\r\n                              goodnight |      1\r\n                       hotel california |      1\r\n                i'm not crying over you |      1\r\n                        in love forever |      1\r\n                              let it be |      1\r\n                    much more than this |      1\r\n                       my father's eyes |      1\r\n                     oh my brave hearts |      1\r\n                   old-fashioned people |      1\r\n                      once upon in time |      1\r\n       one word (straight to the heart) |      1\r\n                    riding on a rainbow |      1\r\n                        rose of england |      1\r\n                      shadows and light |      1\r\n             she means everything to me |      1\r\n                               shine on |      1\r\n                               sin city |      1\r\n                        snow is falling |      1\r\n                                    sos |      1\r\n                                 spirit |      1\r\n                   taking it to the top |      1\r\n                  the grace of a dancer |      1\r\n                            the painter |      1\r\n                     the storyman theme |      1\r\nthere's a new star up in heaven tonight |      1\r\n     there's room in this heart tonight |      1\r\n                      this song for you |      1\r\n                   timing is everything |      1\r\n               two sides to every story |      1\r\n              waiting for the hurricane |      1\r\nwhat's a nice guy like you doing in a...|      1\r\n----------------------------------------+-------\r\n                                  Total |    956<\/pre>\n
That’s 142 different songs! I’m surprised – in a very pleasant way – about the variety of choices: old, new, hits, epics, ballads, love, stories, history, loss, war, peace, family. I’m also surprised that “The Lady in Red” is such a clear winner. On the other end of the list you find my favourite song – or at least my favourite song title as I have never heard “What’s a Nice Guy Like You Doing in a Face Like That?” – of course, I’m glad that other fans mentioned almost all my semi-favourite songs (“Transmission Ends”! “Crusader”! “The Last Time I Cried”! “A Spaceman Came Travelling”! “The Same Sun”!).<\/p>\n
Notes: When multiple songs were mentioned I took the first one (unless another one was clearly labelled as favourite). I deleted a couple of songs that didn’t sound like anything Chris de Burgh every performed. Another 23 people indicated that they couldn’t or wouldn’t make a decision. This list is based in the responses I could see with my account; no idea if that’s all. Oh, and here’s the album statistics:<\/p>\n
                        album |   votes    no. of songs\r\n------------------------------+---------------------\r\n               into the light |      208          10\r\n                  the getaway |      135          10\r\n                spanish train |      120          10\r\n               flying colours |       61           9\r\n          the road to freedom |       40           9\r\n                 the storyman |       17           9\r\n              man on the line |       40           8\r\n                    moonfleet |       36           8\r\n             the power of ten |       24           8\r\n  at the end of a perfect day |       47           6\r\n             quiet revolution |       43           6\r\n                     crusader |       35           6\r\nfar beyond these castle walls |       21           5\r\n                  this way up |       39           4\r\n                 eastern wind |       29           4\r\n         timing is everything |        9           4\r\n             beautiful dreams |        7           4\r\n                  footsteps 2 |        5           4\r\n                    footsteps |        3           2\r\n------------------------------+-----------------------\r\n              (single tracks) |       10           5\r\n               the love songs |       11           3\r\n           (unreleased songs) |        3           3\r\n                   best moves |        3           2\r\n             spark to a flame |        9           1\r\n        notes to planet earth |        1           1<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What’s your favourite Chris de Burgh song of all time? I fed the responses into Stata, removed duplicate entries and cleaned up typos etc. – and here is the final list: SONG TITLE | VOTES —————————————-+——- the lady in red | 138 —————————————-+——- borderline | 62 —————————————-+——- spanish train | 44 —————————————-+——- in a country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[479,480,60],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-chris-de-burgh","tag-facebook","tag-lists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}