HITS SADDER THAN BEFORE, ACCORDING TO ACTUAL SCIENCE
Based on a study of 500,000 popular songs released between 1985 and 2015, reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers at the University of California at Irvine found there has been a significant downward trend in happiness and rise in sadness, according to The New York Times. Some songs found to have a low happiness index in 2014 include Stay With Me by Sam
Smith, pictured, Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City. Those from 1985 with a high happiness index include Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen, Would I Lie to You? by the Eurythmics, and Freedom by Wham! That said, the study clarified that this doesn’t mean all successful music in 1985 was happy, and all successful music in 2015 was sad.