News Published on : 06-Dec-2021 16:15:19

With December here we re all about to get reacquainted with Christmas tunes - whether we re Driving Home for Christmas or putting presents Underneath the Tree. But if you re listening to Christmas songs in the car it could be influencing how you drive in ways you re not aware of. To find out more Moneybarn recently analysed over 100 Christmas belters to find the most dangerous tracks. To calculate the results they used the tempo and energy of a song to determine how fast loud and noisy a song feels. For safer driving it s suggested that you should listen to music that mimics the human heartbeat with a BPM between 60-100. High BPM and energy songs were ranked by Moneybarn as less safe because studies have shown music with a BPM higher than 120 can result in speeding and other traffic violations. The Most Dangerous Christmas Songs: Kelly Clarkson s 2013 hit Underneath the Tree ranks as the most dangerous Christmas song with a BPM of 160 putting it at the same speed as Taylor Swift s Shake It Off and OutKast s Hey Ya. Great for running but not for driving! In second place was Wizzard s festive classic I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday. First released in 1973 it s a staple song guaranteed to get everyone hyped for the big day. Rounding out the top three was another classic Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano which was released in 1970. The study revealed that the safest Christmas songs to drive to are mostly carols from Carol of the Bells to Silent Night. However it s good news for fans of Tony Bennett Frank Sinatra Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby as their Christmas classics feature heavily in the top 10 safest songs.