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r/Glee's Survey Census Results PART 2: The Music!
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Hi everyone! Thank you for your patience as I keep doing these. If you want to see the first part of these results, click HERE. Here is the second part to the survey.

Best Performances

Top 10 Best Performances:

  1. Valerie by Santana

  2. Paradise by the Dashboard Light by New Direction

  3. Cough Syrup by Blaine

  4. Rumour Has It / Someone Like You by The Troubletones

  5. Smooth Criminal by Sebastian and Santana

  6. Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) by New Direction

  7. I Feel Pretty/Unpretty by Rachel and Quinn

  8. River Deep Mountain High by Mercedes and Santana

  9. Somewhere Only We Know by Blaine and The Warblers

  10. Don't Rain On My Parade by Rachel Berry

Of the 257 best performances nominated, 103 were solos, 93 were group performances, 61 were duets

Note: I count certain "group" numbers as solos because it really was only one person singing. For example, a lot of the Warblers songs was just a Blaine solo.

Top 5 Best Solos:

  1. Valerie by Santana

  2. Cough Syrup by Blaine

  3. Somewhere Only We Know by Blaine

  4. Don't Rain On My Parade by Rachel

  5. Teenage Dream by Blaine

Top 5 Best Group Performances:

  1. Paradise by the Dashboard Light by New Direction

  2. Rumour Has It / Someone Like You by The Troubletones

  3. Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) by New Direction

  4. Heads Will Roll / Thriller by New Direction

  5. Landslide by Holly, Santana, and Brittany

Top 5 Best Duets:

  1. Smooth Criminal by Sebastian and Santana

  2. I Feel Pretty / Unpretty by Rachel and Quinn

  3. River Deep Mountain High by Mercedes and Santana

  4. Me Against The Music by Brittany and Santana

  5. Faithfully by Rachel and Finn

Best Duet Pairings:

  1. Blaine and Kurt - 7 songs

  2. Finn and Rachel - 6 songs

  3. Mercedes and Santana - 4 songs

  4. Rachel and Santana - 4 songs

  5. Rachel and Jesse / Blaine and Sam / Brittany and Santana - 3 songs

Best Group Performances from each New Direction generations:

New Direction generation Performance Ranking
New Direction S1 Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) 6th
New Direction S2 Heads Will Roll/Thriller 11th
New Direction S3 Paradise by the Dashboard Light 2nd
New Direction S4 Some Nights 49th
New Direction S6 Take Me To Church 123rd

Who was involved in the most best performances?

Note: Some people are involved in a lot of performances so their numbers are really high up so I will also include that number as a percentage in their discography. Same reasoning will go for the worst performances.

  1. Rachel - 75 songs (36% of her discography)

  2. Santana - 73 songs (58% of her discography)

  3. Blaine - 51 songs (39% of his discography)

  4. Finn - 50 songs (47% of his discography)

  5. Mercedes - 50 songs (40% of her discography)

Ranking seasons with most to least best performances

  1. Season 3 - 63 songs

  2. Season 2 - 53 songs

  3. Season 1 - 46 songs

  4. Season 4 - 44 songs

  5. Season 5 - 33 songs

  6. Season 6 - 18 songs

Which era of music makes for the best Glee covers?

  1. 80s - 56 songs

  2. 2010s - 55 songs

  3. 2000s - 46 songs

  4. 70s - 46 songs

  5. 90s - 28 songs

  6. 60s - 27 songs

Worst Performances

Top 10 Worst Performances:

  1. What Does The Fox Say by New Direction and Pamela Lansbury

  2. Gangnam Style by New Direction

  3. Blurred Lines by Will, Jake, Artie, and Bree with New Direction

  4. Thong Song by Will

  5. Baby Got Back by Adam's Apples

  6. Let's Have A Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time by Kurt, Rachel, and Isabelle

  7. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Finn

  8. You're Having My Baby by Finn

  9. Candles by Kurt and Blaine with The Warblers

  10. Gold Digger by Will and Mercedes

Of the 144 worst performances nominated, 65 were solos, 43 were group performances, 36 were duets

Top 5 Worst Solos:

  1. Thong Song by Will

  2. Baby Got Back by Adam's Apples

  3. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Finn

  4. You're Having My Baby by Finn

  5. Gold Digger by Will (Note: it's presented as a Will rap solo and Mercedes was only backup)

Top 5 Worst Group Performances:

  1. What Does The Fox Say by New Direction and Pamela Lansbury

  2. Gangnam Style by New Direction

  3. Blurred Lines by Will, Jake, Artie, and Bree with New Direction

  4. Let's Have A Kiki/Turkey Lurkey Time by Kurt, Rachel, and Isabelle

  5. (The Chipmunk Song) Chrismas Don't Be Late by Kurt, Rachel, and Santana

Top 5 Worst Duets:

  1. Candles by Kurt and Blaine

  2. Perfect by Kurt and Blaine

  3. I Still Believe / Superbass by Sue and Blaine

  4. Poker Face by Rachel and Shelby

  5. Same Love by Will and Unique

Who was involved in most worst performances?

  1. Rachel - 40 songs (19% of her discography)

  2. Kurt - 21 songs (18% of his discography)

  3. Santana - 20 (16% of her discography)

  4. Finn - 19 songs (18% of his discography)

  5. Blaine - 18 songs (13% of his discograph)

And because I know you're curious..

6*.*Will - 17 songs (25% of his discography)

Will's performances make up 20% of the votes alone.

Worst Group Performances from each New Direction generations:

New Direction generation Performance Ranking
New Direction S1 Hair/Crazy In Love 60th
New Direction S2 Sing 20th
New Direction S3 The Rain In Spain 26th
New Direction S4 What Does The Fox Say 1st
New Direction S6 Break Free 91st

Ranking seasons with most to least worst performances

  1. Season 1 - 35 songs

  2. Season 2 - 33 songs

  3. Season 3 - 30 songs

  4. Season 5 - 21 songs

  5. Season 4 - 17 songs

  6. Season 6 - 8 songs

Which era of music makes for the worst Glee covers?

  1. 2010s - 47 songs

  2. 2000s - 23 songs

  3. 80s - 22 songs

  4. 70s - 20 songs

  5. 60s - 18 songs

  6. 90s - 16 songs

Misc

Songs I didn't realize were so well liked

  • Heads Will Roll / Thriller - 11th place

  • Run Joey Run - 15th place

  • I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance - 32nd place

Who should've won the Season 2 Duets competition?

  1. Santana and Mercedes - River Deep Mountain High: 80.3%

  2. Sam and Quinn - Lucky: 10.3%

  3. Mike and Tina - Sing!: 8.1%

  4. Finn and Rachel - With You I'm Born Again: 1.3%

How often do you listen to the Glee covers?

  1. Often: 37.2%

  2. Always: 25.1%

  3. Sometimes: 24.7%

  4. Rarely: 9.4%

  5. Never: 3.6%

I hope you enjoy these stats. Next set of results should be about the Story and the Ships!



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