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Also, given that Trivia goes on overnight, keep as many of the songs as you can perky and peppy. Save extra-peppy songs you don't have a good match for to have played during the 4:00 a.m. break.
==The Perfect Williams Trivia Song==
Des Devlin, 2004:
The perfect on-air song was released eight years ago. The perfect
on-air song got a lot of radio airplay, and was all over MTV, too. It
peaked in the Billboard Top 10. It's three minutes and five seconds
long. Naturally, it's up-tempo, maybe even dancey. The group that
performs it never had as big a hit again. If we're lucky, they had no
other hits at all. Everybody playing Trivia used to hear the perfect
on-air song three times a day, for 6 weeks, eight years ago, but
hardly ever since then. The recording artist has a provocative band
name (or else the song title's unusual-- hey, why not both?) which can
be exploited to create a non-linear connection with a trivia question.
This connection ideally involves sex, mayhem, or smug superiority on
the part of the team asking the question.
To sum up: there is no perfect on-air song.
But, if you keep all the songs in the 2:30-3:40 range (editing
mercilessly where required)....
....if you choose an eclectic mix of big bouncy hits, and naggingly
familiar obscurities....
....if you play 90+ songs that haven't been used in previous Trivia contests....
....if you emphasize music from the last decade, but make sure to span
a wide range of eras....
....if you keep the sound generally peppy, especially your first 10
songs and your last 30....
....if you get a lot of teammates involved in nominating songs and
matches, so that the whole contest isn't filtered through one set of
ears....
....if you really work hard, free associate, and don't give up looking
until you have at least 20 truly witty matches, so that a question
about doors doesn't always end up paired with a song by the Doors....
....well, then people will STILL complain about the music. But Baby
Jesus in Heaven will know you did a good job.
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