Tried everything you can think of to get your baby to sleep? Here’s one more idea: play one of the top 10 modern lullabies to help them drift off.
We’re not talking Hush Little Baby or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star here, this list is a little more... up to date.
Researchers at furniture company, Cuckooland, decided to look into what modern pop songs could also work as a lullaby. Firstly, with the help of data sourced from Spotify, they analysed 4,500 songs from playlists that included the word ‘lullaby’ and found the top 10 of most common classic lullabies.
Using these findings, they then set out to find the average beats per minute (BPM), most common key and time signatures of the top ten lullabies to calculate the ‘perfect’ formula for a lullaby – BPM – 91; key – C; time signature – 4/4.
“When we matched this formula against the songs featured recently in the UK Top 40 charts and the Billboard Hot 100, we were able to create the top 10 modern lullabies,” they wrote.
The methodology might be a bit, erm, sketchy, but hey – it’s worth a shot!
Top 10 modern lullabies:
:: Jonas Brothers – Only Human
:: Taylor Swift – You Need to Calm Down
:: Lizzo – Good As Hell
:: Khalid – Better
:: Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
:: Nicki Minaj – Hot Girl Summer
:: Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
:: Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered
:: Sean Paul, David Guetta – Mad Love
:: Lil Nas X – Wrangler
If you’re not into these songs, listen to the top 10 classical lullabies on Spotify here. Or, try one of our HuffPost UK readers’ recommendations: