A very cool graphic, analyzing 10,000 songs in different genres and adding up the references to body parts. No real surprises--the eyes, a pop staple from the beginning, top almost every genre--though it's cool to see that hands receive the most references in gospel, and also in blues. No surprise that ass is number one in the hip-hop list, either, or that dick and pussy are in the top ten. What is intriguing about the hip-hop list is how many different body parts are named--almost twice as many as any other genre except folk. Is that a result of the level of detail in so many rap lyrics, or just an obsession with sex? Both, I imagine.

The only thing wrong with this chart is that there isn't a list of all genres combined. It would be interesting to see where ass stands amongst all those eyes. Also, why do they list different names for the same thing as separate parts? Were there problems of definition? I can see how booty might not be considered the same thing as ass, but the semantic difference between dick and cock or balls and nuts escapes me.

(Via Andrew Sullivan)