If You Have to Clean, These Songs Have The Best Rhythm

After all the time at home over the past few months, the house has collected some dust and randomness, and some songs will motivate us to get after it more than others. Not every good cleaning song has to be upbeat!

The key to a good cleaning song must be its ability to put our minds on something besides the task at hand. If a song can trigger happy thoughts about your last hot date or help you daydream about an upcoming vacation, it's like you're not even holding a dust mop. You're on a tropical island with your sig other and it's almost time for happy hour. Or at least music helps.

The best songs to clean while dusting, according to Wren Kitchens, are by Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, and Ed Sheeran. But nobody tops Dolly Parton. Feel free to add your own!

Best Housework songs:

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	POPULARITY SCORE	BPM
1	9 to 5	Dolly Parton	153	105
2	Uptown Funk	Mark Ronson	143	115
3	Walking On Sunshine	Katrina & The Waves	99	110
4	bad guy	Billie Eilish	78	135
5	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston	77	119
6	Shape of You	Ed Sheeran	68	96
7	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Cyndi Lauper	66	120
8	Sweet but Psycho	Ava Max	66	133
9	Don't Start Now	Dua Lipa	60	124
10	Someone You Loved	Lewis Capaldi	59	110
11	Shallow	Lady Gaga	59	96
12	Shotgun	George Ezra	58	116
13	Dance Monkey	Tones and I	57	98
14	Truth Hurts	Lizzo	55	158
15	Perfect	Ed Sheeran	51	95
16	All About That Bass	Meghan Trainor	51	134
17	Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison	51	151
18	Fight Song	Rachel Platten	50	176
19	Memories	Maroon 5	48	91
20	Don't Stop Believin'	Journey	47	119

Best Cooking songs:

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	POPULARITY SCORE	BPM
1	Beyond the Sea	Bobby Darin	49	136
2	Africa	TOTO	45	93
3	Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) - Remastered	Dean Martin	41	129
4	Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)	Frank Sinatra	41	119
5	Come Fly With Me - Remastered	Frank Sinatra	39	67
6	Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison	39	151
7	Just A Gigolo - Remastered	Louis Prima	38	125
8	bad guy	Billie Eilish	37	135
9	At Last	Etta James	36	87
10	You Make My Dreams	Daryl Hall & John Oates	34	167
11	Dreams - 2004 Remaster	Fleetwood Mac	33	120
12	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	32	104
13	Take on Me	a-ha	31	84
14	Uptown Funk	Mark Ronson	31	115
15	Stand by Me	Ben E. King	30	118
16	I've Got a Woman	Ray Charles	29	199
17	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	29	171
18	Tennessee Whiskey	Chris Stapleton	29	49
19	Hotel California - 2013 Remaster	Eagles	29	147
20	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster The People	29	128

If You Have to Clean, These Songs Have The Best Rhythm

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