Psychedelic rock is a genre of music that emerged in the 1960s and is characterized by its use of experimental sounds, trippy lyrics, and a focus on the exploration of altered states of consciousness. It often features distorted guitar riffs, electronic effects, and unconventional song structures. The genre is associated with the counterculture movement of the time and is known for its association with drug use. Some of the most iconic bands associated with psychedelic rock include those who pioneered the genre, incorporating elements of pop and rock music to create a unique sound that has influenced generations of musicians.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 83 | 5 | 52 | 54 | 36 | 63 | 121 | 25459601 | |
2 | 79 | 27 | 39 | 42 | 32 | 26 | 117 | 19066521 | |
3 | 73 | 2 | 52 | 52 | 33 | 63 | 125 | 7251418 | |
4 | 72 | 4 | 49 | 56 | 36 | 64 | 126 | 4131746 | |
5 | 70 | 19 | 40 | 73 | 18 | 54 | 120 | 6217112 | |
6 | 67 | 18 | 55 | 50 | 54 | 63 | 124 | 1676664 | |
7 | 67 | 0 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 119 | 1553402 | |
8 | 66 | 3 | 53 | 69 | 29 | 67 | 123 | 2399565 | |
9 | 64 | 5 | 47 | 61 | 25 | 51 | 121 | 2223748 | |
10 | 63 | 5 | 49 | 55 | 30 | 60 | 119 | 2168080 | |
11 | 63 | 2 | 52 | 66 | 36 | 68 | 115 | 1085261 | |
12 | 62 | 3 | 45 | 52 | 37 | 51 | 129 | 3095022 | |
13 | 62 | 8 | 52 | 46 | 47 | 61 | 122 | 737296 | |
14 | 60 | 3 | 43 | 52 | 39 | 46 | 123 | 1463619 | |
15 | 59 | 4 | 48 | 59 | 34 | 65 | 123 | 552594 | |
16 | 59 | 6 | 51 | 53 | 29 | 63 | 125 | 1727571 | |
17 | 59 | 3 | 50 | 61 | 45 | 58 | 122 | 888150 | |
18 | 58 | 9 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 68 | 120 | 466697 | |
19 | 58 | 14 | 41 | 68 | 47 | 61 | 123 | 646193 | |
20 | 57 | 22 | 45 | 65 | 25 | 57 | 125 | 854133 | |
21 | 57 | 10 | 50 | 68 | 37 | 64 | 120 | 383219 | |
22 | 57 | 6 | 47 | 57 | 35 | 65 | 121 | 920433 | |
23 | 56 | 3 | 58 | 52 | 38 | 68 | 125 | 586140 | |
24 | 56 | 10 | 54 | 38 | 53 | 55 | 113 | 663893 | |
25 | 55 | 28 | 39 | 46 | 22 | 31 | 121 | 1014579 | |
26 | 55 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 31 | 42 | 129 | 253517 | |
27 | 54 | 3 | 54 | 60 | 23 | 73 | 119 | 303642 | |
28 | 54 | 8 | 41 | 66 | 12 | 57 | 137 | 281972 | |
29 | 52 | 25 | 42 | 64 | 20 | 58 | 129 | 507262 | |
30 | 51 | 1 | 61 | 42 | 36 | 75 | 113 | 149284 | |
31 | 51 | 9 | 40 | 63 | 28 | 46 | 130 | 411580 | |
32 | 50 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 67 | 44 | 100 | 1611099 | |
33 | 50 | 2 | 38 | 68 | 37 | 49 | 114 | 291617 | |
34 | 49 | 12 | 46 | 66 | 19 | 62 | 122 | 901534 | |
35 | 49 | 1 | 55 | 52 | 36 | 57 | 122 | 234553 | |
36 | 49 | 2 | 45 | 55 | 29 | 55 | 112 | 555345 | |
37 | 47 | 0 | 50 | 54 | 32 | 66 | 127 | 160049 | |
38 | 46 | 1 | 62 | 64 | 19 | 76 | 125 | 208448 | |
39 | 44 | 8 | 56 | 63 | 40 | 68 | 117 | 185058 | |
40 | 44 | 15 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 65 | 126 | 90113 | |
41 | 42 | 16 | 54 | 64 | 24 | 57 | 121 | 490313 | |
42 | 42 | 10 | 49 | 51 | 18 | 61 | 123 | 378513 | |
43 | 42 | 10 | 48 | 57 | 20 | 56 | 126 | 114461 | |
44 | 42 | 6 | 57 | 46 | 65 | 72 | 114 | 124785 | |
45 | 41 | 11 | 50 | 31 | 47 | 45 | 119 | 312765 | |
46 | 41 | 6 | 56 | 74 | 22 | 81 | 129 | 158200 | |
47 | 41 | 16 | 43 | 56 | 37 | 52 | 109 | 59044 | |
48 | 41 | 4 | 48 | 78 | 24 | 73 | 114 | 86532 | |
49 | 40 | 2 | 45 | 63 | 11 | 59 | 128 | 322387 | |
50 | 40 | 19 | 39 | 75 | 12 | 40 | 137 | 112544 | |
51 | 40 | 7 | 49 | 59 | 27 | 67 | 119 | 128857 | |
52 | 40 | 0 | 56 | 64 | 22 | 73 | 121 | 198986 | |
53 | 40 | 6 | 50 | 53 | 41 | 62 | 128 | 81300 | |
54 | 40 | 16 | 46 | 72 | 17 | 63 | 132 | 125387 | |
55 | 39 | 5 | 55 | 59 | 3 | 73 | 137 | 31818 | |
56 | 39 | 33 | 52 | 62 | 44 | 64 | 113 | 133467 | |
57 | 38 | 13 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 47 | 110 | 103846 | |
58 | 38 | 71 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 37 | 116 | 120554 | |
59 | 37 | 14 | 28 | 69 | 10 | 30 | 118 | 103167 | |
60 | 36 | 5 | 52 | 53 | 33 | 56 | 126 | 27429 | |
61 | 36 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 42 | 47 | 124 | 73458 | |
62 | 36 | 29 | 48 | 73 | 5 | 60 | 125 | 18922 | |
63 | 35 | 9 | 39 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 132 | 160183 | |
64 | 35 | 23 | 56 | 54 | 41 | 64 | 104 | 53537 | |
65 | 34 | 71 | 51 | 62 | 51 | 47 | 128 | 17768 | |
66 | 34 | 0 | 49 | 58 | 54 | 64 | 122 | 32882 | |
67 | 34 | 3 | 58 | 53 | 45 | 68 | 104 | 12478 | |
68 | 33 | 23 | 39 | 75 | 8 | 58 | 126 | 24930 | |
69 | 33 | 29 | 45 | 65 | 23 | 62 | 122 | 64744 | |
70 | 33 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 29 | 64 | 118 | 75816 | |
71 | 32 | 28 | 45 | 54 | 43 | 48 | 119 | 56378 | |
72 | 31 | 13 | 52 | 60 | 35 | 69 | 116 | 53643 | |
73 | 31 | 13 | 40 | 71 | 14 | 51 | 110 | 68575 | |
74 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8933 | |
75 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 56 | 48 | 65 | 120 | 43961 | |
76 | 30 | 1 | 52 | 53 | 40 | 61 | 117 | 22175 | |
77 | 30 | 4 | 46 | 68 | 7 | 56 | 117 | 72049 | |
78 | 29 | 25 | 43 | 49 | 35 | 67 | 125 | 12275 | |
79 | 29 | 3 | 59 | 33 | 46 | 65 | 106 | 10777 | |
80 | 28 | 5 | 38 | 81 | 28 | 68 | 150 | 24695 | |
81 | 28 | 0 | 55 | 80 | 12 | 66 | 114 | 25796 | |
82 | 28 | 1 | 36 | 52 | 46 | 42 | 142 | 44319 | |
83 | 27 | 19 | 49 | 79 | 12 | 54 | 126 | 63025 | |
84 | 27 | 7 | 41 | 58 | 37 | 53 | 131 | 50809 | |
85 | 27 | 1 | 54 | 48 | 36 | 57 | 125 | 74832 | |
86 | 26 | 1 | 51 | 57 | 41 | 67 | 121 | 21567 | |
87 | 26 | 21 | 45 | 59 | 53 | 65 | 141 | 29695 | |
88 | 26 | 4 | 56 | 42 | 26 | 59 | 118 | 4729 | |
89 | 26 | 1 | 47 | 68 | 23 | 36 | 121 | 20522 | |
90 | 25 | 13 | 29 | 54 | 37 | 48 | 121 | 21428 | |
91 | 25 | 3 | 43 | 72 | 1 | 57 | 123 | 18248 | |
92 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 49 | 11 | 60 | 131 | 20711 | |
93 | 24 | 0 | 63 | 66 | 19 | 73 | 127 | 6201 | |
94 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 63 | 23 | 56 | 100 | 11610 | |
95 | 24 | 44 | 35 | 78 | 35 | 36 | 129 | 10308 | |
96 | 23 | 5 | 47 | 63 | 16 | 66 | 133 | 39444 | |
97 | 23 | 0 | 65 | 54 | 36 | 55 | 97 | 8423 | |
98 | 23 | 0 | 59 | 34 | 35 | 66 | 93 | 18016 | |
99 | 23 | 0 | 58 | 25 | 69 | 43 | 84 | 1197 | |
100 | 23 | 8 | 35 | 68 | 12 | 48 | 134 | 21300 | |
101 | 21 | 20 | 40 | 52 | 48 | 62 | 139 | 12496 | |
102 | 20 | 66 | 28 | 75 | 41 | 41 | 103 | 22001 | |
103 | 20 | 0 | 48 | 78 | 21 | 70 | 137 | 11764 | |
104 | 20 | 80 | 32 | 51 | 3 | 33 | 107 | 14149 | |
105 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 75 | 4 | 61 | 125 | 12245 | |
106 | 17 | 10 | 35 | 59 | 33 | 43 | 130 | 9531 | |
107 | 17 | 24 | 42 | 55 | 16 | 45 | 111 | 6037 | |
108 | 16 | 6 | 38 | 73 | 3 | 64 | 161 | 5626 | |
109 | 16 | 7 | 42 | 55 | 8 | 46 | 114 | 10640 | |
110 | 13 | 65 | 30 | 75 | 16 | 35 | 136 | 6090 | |
111 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 66 | 3 | 42 | 128 | 7290 | |
112 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 50 | 57 | 63 | 113 | 5879 | |
113 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 63 | 3 | 27 | 145 | 1440 | |
114 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 76 | 35 | 53 | 123 | 5163 | |
115 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
116 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 33 | 54 | 28 | 119 | 2925 | |
117 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 92 | 22 | 61 | 164 | 1888 | |
118 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 355 | |
119 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 382 | |
121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |
122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |