The Verve’s seminal hit ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ is the song most likely to make you cry, according to an expert.
Dr Harry Witchel carried out the research and claims that scientifically the 1997 hit will bring more people to tears than anything else.
The scientific tests measured people’s heart rate, breathing and skin temperature as they listened to a variety of tear jerkers.
It beat the likes of Robbie Williams’ ‘Angels’ and Elton John’s ‘Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word’ to claim the unique feat.
On the other end of the scale, Lily Allen’s ‘LDN’ was the song most likely to make people happy, while the most exhilarating tracks was Blur’s Song 2.
Dr Witchel is a physiology and music expert and carried out the study for Nokia on songs.
‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ was number one on the week that Princess Diana died nine years ago.
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My god, this must be THE most scientific survey EVER!
It’s not the song that’s sad, it’s the fact that the drugs don’t work!!
i cried once when my gary didnt kick in, then there was another time it did kick in, and i cried for 2 days afterwards.
its a thin line between success and failure
Good choice but obviously the guy hasn’t heard anything off Ladies & Gentlemen by Spiritualized...The Drugs Don’t Work is about Ashcroft’s dad dying, it has sod all to do with a bad night on the smack...
What’s even sadder, is how ****ing pathetic Ashcroft’s music career has gone. What a waste of talent 
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