🪰FLYBOARD
The music chart voted by a fruit fly brain.
We played 84 songs to a simulation of an entire male fruit fly nervous system and asked:
which one sounds most like love?
165,122neurons
90Msynapses
84songs
4×listening sessions
0humans consulted
#1
HOT 30
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
23.4
± 2.9
#1
JAPAN
プラスティック・ラブ
竹内まりや
22.1
± 3.0
#1
KOREA
Super Shy
NewJeans
20.9
± 0.2
Album art: every dot is a real neuron at its real position, lit by how hard it fired for that song. github.com/sukoji/flyboard
🪰FLYBOARD
ALL-TIME
Every chart combined — ranked by a fruit fly brain
165,122 simulated neurons of a real male fly (MaleCNS v1.0 connectome) listened to every song 4× (score = median listen).
FLY SCORE: 0 = white noise, 100 = the brain's exact response to fly love song.
🪰
Courtship Song
another fruit fly · control, not ranked · what a real hit sounds like to this brain
99.9
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen · HOT 30
23.4
± 2.9 spread over 4 listens
🧠 825 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
2
プラスティック・ラブ
竹内まりや · JAPAN
22.1
± 3.0 spread over 4 listens
🧠 727 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
3
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson · HOT 30
21.3
± 3.7 spread over 4 listens
🧠 731 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
4
Rolling in the Deep
Adele · HOT 30
🧠 750 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
21.0± 0.0
5
bad guy
Billie Eilish · HOT 30
🧠 762 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
20.9± 0.2
6
Super Shy
NewJeans · KOREA
🧠 756 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
20.9± 0.2
7
I Know
Seo Taiji and Boys · KOREA
🧠 734 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
20.8± 1.3
8
Butter
BTS · KOREA
🧠 767 neurons lit
20.6± 0.6
9
Subtitle
Official髭男dism · JAPAN
🧠 740 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
20.1± 0.1
10
夜に駆ける
YOASOBI · JAPAN
🧠 728 neurons lit
20.1± 0.2
How it's scored: the song is turned into input to the fly's ear (Johnston's organ), a spiking model of the
whole CNS listens, and we measure how similar the brain-wide response is to its response to real fly love song.
Parody chart, not affiliated with Billboard. Connectome © Janelia/Google (CC-BY 4.0). github.com/sukoji/flyboard
🪰FLYBOARD
HOT 30
Songs of the Century — ranked by a fruit fly brain
165,122 simulated neurons of a real male fly (MaleCNS v1.0 connectome) listened to every song 4× (score = median listen).
FLY SCORE: 0 = white noise, 100 = the brain's exact response to fly love song.
🪰
Courtship Song
another fruit fly · control, not ranked · what a real hit sounds like to this brain
99.9
1
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
23.4
± 2.9 spread over 4 listens
🧠 825 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
2
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
21.3
± 3.7 spread over 4 listens
🧠 731 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
3
Rolling in the Deep
Adele
21.0
± 0.0 spread over 4 listens
🧠 750 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
4
bad guy
Billie Eilish
🧠 762 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
20.9± 0.2
5
Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles
🧠 716 neurons lit
20.0± 0.6
6
Get Lucky
Daft Punk
🧠 718 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
18.8± 0.2
7
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
🧠 724 neurons lit
17.8± 0.3
8
Africa
Toto
🧠 731 neurons lit
17.8± 0.4
9
Hotel California
Eagles
🧠 744 neurons lit
17.4± 0.3
10
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
🧠 687 neurons lit
17.1± 0.4
11
As It Was
Harry Styles
🧠 707 neurons lit
16.7± 0.2
12
Flight of the Bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
🧠 727 neurons lit
16.2± 0.5
13
Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson
🧠 749 neurons lit
16.2± 0.4
14
Despacito
Luis Fonsi
🧠 729 neurons lit
16.2± 0.4
15
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
🧠 730 neurons lit
15.7± 0.1
16
Imagine
John Lennon
🧠 739 neurons lit
15.7± 0.3
17
Crazy in Love
Beyoncé
🧠 696 neurons lit
15.7± 0.3
18
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
🧠 719 neurons lit
15.6± 0.2
19
Fly Me to the Moon
Frank Sinatra
🧠 701 neurons lit
15.5± 0.7
20
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
🧠 702 neurons lit
14.5± 0.1
21
Hey Jude
The Beatles
🧠 702 neurons lit
14.4± 0.2
22
Shape of You
Ed Sheeran
🧠 723 neurons lit
14.1± 0.1
23
Stayin' Alive
Bee Gees
🧠 728 neurons lit
13.9± 0.1
24
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
🧠 729 neurons lit
12.9± 0.2
25
Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
🧠 704 neurons lit
12.4± 0.4
26
Shake It Off
Taylor Swift
🧠 711 neurons lit
12.3± 0.4
27
Take On Me
a-ha
🧠 682 neurons lit
12.2± 0.2
28
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Vienna Philharmonic
🧠 678 neurons lit
4.7± 0.3
29
Dancing Queen
ABBA
🧠 632 neurons lit
4.5± 0.5
30
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
🧠 606 neurons lit
-3.7± 0.6
How it's scored: the song is turned into input to the fly's ear (Johnston's organ), a spiking model of the
whole CNS listens, and we measure how similar the brain-wide response is to its response to real fly love song.
Parody chart, not affiliated with Billboard. Connectome © Janelia/Google (CC-BY 4.0). github.com/sukoji/flyboard
🪰FLYBOARD
JAPAN
J-POP — ranked by a fruit fly brain
165,122 simulated neurons of a real male fly (MaleCNS v1.0 connectome) listened to every song 4× (score = median listen).
FLY SCORE: 0 = white noise, 100 = the brain's exact response to fly love song.
🪰
Courtship Song
another fruit fly · control, not ranked · what a real hit sounds like to this brain
99.9
1
プラスティック・ラブ
竹内まりや
22.1
± 3.0 spread over 4 listens
🧠 727 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
2
Subtitle
Official髭男dism
20.1
± 0.1 spread over 4 listens
🧠 740 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
3
夜に駆ける
YOASOBI
20.1
± 0.2 spread over 4 listens
🧠 728 neurons lit
4
GOAT
Number_i
🧠 726 neurons lit
19.8± 3.5
5
恋
星野源
🧠 699 neurons lit
19.5± 0.6
6
秒針を噛む
ずっと真夜中でいいのに。
🧠 689 neurons lit
17.6± 1.4
7
ライラック
Mrs. GREEN APPLE
🧠 682 neurons lit
17.5± 0.4
8
上を向いて歩こう
坂本九
🧠 716 neurons lit
16.7± 0.2
9
アイドル
YOASOBI
🧠 732 neurons lit
16.2± 0.1
10
Bling-Bang-Bang-Born
Creepy Nuts
🧠 722 neurons lit
15.8± 0.6
11
怪獣の花唄
Vaundy
🧠 661 neurons lit
15.5± 0.2
12
KICK BACK
米津玄師
🧠 704 neurons lit
15.4± 0.1
13
ケセラセラ
Mrs. GREEN APPLE
🧠 719 neurons lit
14.9± 0.1
14
新時代
Ado
🧠 688 neurons lit
14.8± 0.2
15
高嶺の花子さん
back number
🧠 682 neurons lit
14.5± 0.4
16
紅蓮華
LiSA
🧠 697 neurons lit
14.1± 0.9
17
スターマイン
Da-iCE
🧠 721 neurons lit
13.9± 0.6
18
晩餐歌
tuki.
🧠 692 neurons lit
13.8± 0.3
19
死ぬのがいいわ
藤井 風
🧠 694 neurons lit
13.4± 0.5
20
うっせぇわ
Ado
🧠 694 neurons lit
13.3± 0.1
21
白日
King Gnu
🧠 685 neurons lit
12.6± 0.2
22
マリーゴールド
あいみょん
🧠 659 neurons lit
12.1± 0.5
23
Lemon
米津玄師
🧠 673 neurons lit
11.9± 0.7
24
Pretender
Official髭男dism
🧠 691 neurons lit
11.5± 0.2
25
残響散歌
Aimer
🧠 645 neurons lit
10.0± 0.1
26
ドライフラワー
優里
🧠 664 neurons lit
8.4± 0.1
27
First Love
宇多田ヒカル
🧠 687 neurons lit
7.8± 0.2
How it's scored: the song is turned into input to the fly's ear (Johnston's organ), a spiking model of the
whole CNS listens, and we measure how similar the brain-wide response is to its response to real fly love song.
Parody chart, not affiliated with Billboard. Connectome © Janelia/Google (CC-BY 4.0). github.com/sukoji/flyboard
🪰FLYBOARD
KOREA
K-POP — ranked by a fruit fly brain
165,122 simulated neurons of a real male fly (MaleCNS v1.0 connectome) listened to every song 4× (score = median listen).
FLY SCORE: 0 = white noise, 100 = the brain's exact response to fly love song.
🪰
Courtship Song
another fruit fly · control, not ranked · what a real hit sounds like to this brain
99.9
1
Super Shy
NewJeans
20.9
± 0.2 spread over 4 listens
🧠 756 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
2
I Know
Seo Taiji and Boys
20.8
± 1.3 spread over 4 listens
🧠 734 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves⚡ jump scare
3
Butter
BTS
20.6
± 0.6 spread over 4 listens
🧠 767 neurons lit🔊 bass the fly loves
4
Gangnam Style
PSY
🧠 769 neurons lit
19.6± 0.7
5
Seven
Jung Kook
🧠 735 neurons lit
18.9± 0.6
6
LOVE DIVE
IVE
🧠 757 neurons lit
18.8± 0.1
7
서른 즈음에
Kim Kwang Seok
🧠 698 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
18.8± 0.6
8
Like Crazy
Jimin
🧠 736 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
18.7± 1.1
9
Through the Night
IU
🧠 747 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
18.3± 0.3
10
Gee
Girls' Generation
🧠 713 neurons lit
17.7± 0.6
11
Dynamite
BTS
🧠 751 neurons lit · ⚡ jump scare
17.4± 0.2
12
Lies
BIGBANG
🧠 749 neurons lit
17.4± 0.3
13
Hype Boy
NewJeans
🧠 750 neurons lit
16.5± 0.2
14
Golden
HUNTR/X
🧠 732 neurons lit
16.1± 0.3
15
Supernova
aespa
🧠 707 neurons lit
15.8± 0.8
16
Fantastic Baby
BIGBANG
🧠 744 neurons lit
15.3± 0.6
17
S-Class
Stray Kids
🧠 731 neurons lit
15.1± 1.7
18
Queencard
(G)I-DLE
🧠 716 neurons lit
15.1± 0.3
19
Good Day
IU
🧠 741 neurons lit
14.6± 0.4
20
Cherry Blossom Ending
Busker Busker
🧠 689 neurons lit
14.6± 0.7
21
Event Horizon
YOUNHA
🧠 681 neurons lit
14.1± 0.5
22
APT.
ROSÉ
🧠 744 neurons lit
13.7± 0.1
23
How You Like That
BLACKPINK
🧠 743 neurons lit
13.5± 0.5
24
Super
SEVENTEEN
🧠 711 neurons lit
11.6± 0.2
25
Ditto
NewJeans
🧠 685 neurons lit
9.8± 0.4
26
DDU-DU DDU-DU
BLACKPINK
🧠 694 neurons lit
8.9± 0.6
27
Tell Me
Wonder Girls
🧠 681 neurons lit
6.8± 0.2
How it's scored: the song is turned into input to the fly's ear (Johnston's organ), a spiking model of the
whole CNS listens, and we measure how similar the brain-wide response is to its response to real fly love song.
Parody chart, not affiliated with Billboard. Connectome © Janelia/Google (CC-BY 4.0). github.com/sukoji/flyboard