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Monday, May 15, 2006

One of the uses of Google Trends I was most excited about was pinpointing the Superfreak crossover point - the time at which the majority of the world would hear the opening riff to Rick James' "Superfreak" and anticipate that the original song would follow, instead of believing it to be the sample backing MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This". Alas Google's results only extend to the beginning of 2004, well after my best speculation as to the point's date, and on top of this records no trend data for "superfreak" until August of 2004, coinciding with an obituary traffic spike for Mr. James.

Equally inconclusive: "Under Pressure" versus "Ice Ice Baby", but for different reasons (search term ambiguity).

Posted by morland @ 01:54 PM

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