Disappointed by the lack of statistical accuracy in the Rick Astley Pie Charts I found online, I fed the lyrics of the 1987 hit song, Never Gonna Give You Up, into an Excel spreadsheet.
Using a series of formulas to isolate the specific phrases after the words “Never gonna”, I generated a frequency table for the resulting actions which Mr Astley specifies he is “Never gonna” take during the course of the song. I then plotted the results on a Pie Chart.
Note the even distribution of the well known phrases, unlikely most Rick Astley Pie Charts which indicate varying proportions for each of the phrases. Also note the often excluded “give, never gonna give”, which is quoted twice in the song. (Responses by the backing chorus were excluded from this analysis.)
A similar analysis could be used to determine the various methods by which Kenny Loggins gets himself (and others) to the Danger Zone.
(Source: m-oogle)
