What are the catchiest songs of all time?

If you think you may know the the top 20 catchiest songs, you may be surprised.

A  year-long survey was recently conducted by The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester England of the catchiest songs of all time.

The data for this measure of musical mastery was collected from 12,000 participants.

The participants listened to portions of 1000 hit songs from the past 70 years.

The study group had to initially recognize the song, then hum along with the tune and keep humming the song after the audio was intentionally dropped out before the song ended.

Most of the people recognized a song they knew within 5 seconds.

The songs that made the top 20 may surprise you.

Here they are, counting up from number 20 to number one.....

Number 20.   Sir Elton John  "Candle in the Wind"

Number 19.   Boney M  "Rivers of Babylon"

 Number 18.  Elvis Presley  "Devil in Disguise"

Number 17.  Britney Spears  "Baby One More Time"

Number 16.  Culture Club  "Karma Chameleon"

Number 15.  Michael Jackson  "Billy Jean"

Number 14.  Bachman-Turner Overdrive  "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"

Number 13.  Elvis Presley  "It's Now or Never"

Number 12.  Hanson  "MMMbop"

 Number 11.  Lady Gaga  "Poker Face"

Number 10.  Aerosmith  "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

Number 9.  The Human League  "Don't You Want Me"

Number 8.   Whitney Houston  "I Will Always Love You"

Number 7.  Michael Jackson  "Beat It"

Number 6.  Roy Orbison  "Oh Pretty Woman"

Number 5.  ABBA  "SOS"

 Number 4.  Lady Gaga  "Just Dance"

Number 3.  Survivor  "Eye of the Tiger"

Number 2.  Lou Bega  "Mambo No. 5"

Drum roll, please.  The number one catchiest song is....

Spice Girls  "Wannabe"