Study ranks van drivers’ top ten singalong songs
15th December 2014
A study of the musical preferences of UK van drivers has found that 92% of them like to belt out a tune on the way to work and, for 28%, their song of choice is the empowering ballad Let It Go.
The research, carried out by constructaquote.com, polled 1,839 adults who worked at least 30+ hours a week as a van driver.
They were asked if they regularly listened to music on the road in their jobs, with the vast majority (92%) admitting that they did. When asked how they usually listened, the radio (52%), CDs (23%) and MP3 players (19%) emerged as the most popular platforms.
The top ten was as follows:
- Let It Go – Idina Mendzel (28%)
- Happy – Pharrell Williams (24%)
- Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi (19%)
- Rolling In The Deep – Adele (15%)
- Don’t Stop Believing – Journey (13%)
- Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (10%)
- Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (8%)
- The Killers – Mr Brightside (8%)
- Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell (6%)
- Carly Rae Jepson – Call Me Maybe (4%)
Asked if they had ever been caught singing in their van – for example, by other drivers while sitting at traffic lights – more than three quarters (78%) said that they had. Asked who was most commonly responsible for the music choices in their van, just over a fifth (21%) said it was a co-worker, while 16% took it in turns and the majority (63%) chose music themselves.
“The fact that Let It Go emerged as the most popular singalong song came as no great surprise,” commented constructaquote’s CEO Lyndon Wood. “From the finding that many van drivers are heavily influenced by the music preferences of their families, one can only assume many of their children are huge fans of Disney’s Frozen, and they have become accustomed to the tune themselves. I know I have!”