The Pulse playlist

[Channel98]

Every time I hear the word "pulse," I think of the medical examination scene in the Marx Brothers' 1937 film A Day At The Races. Dr. Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho) tells Stuffy (Harpo) to take Mrs. Upjohn's (Margaret Teasdale) pulse. She has a fit when Stuffy grabs her purse. Hackenbush tells her, "You must forgive him. He doesn't spell very well." But I digress. Here is a small sample of the playlist of The Pulse, SiriusXM channel 15. Chart positions are from Billboard's adult top 40 airplay chart. Many of these songs are on the current chart (dated September 4, 2021) and their peak positions are likely to change.

SiriusXM 15 – The Pulse

All I Know So Far - P!nk (8/2021)
All My Favorite Songs - Weezer/AJR (21/2021)
All The Right Moves - OneRepublic (6/2009)
Animals - Maroon 5 (1/2014)
Apologize - Timbaland/OneRepublic (1/2007)
Arcade - Duncan Laurence (10/2019)
Back To You - Selena Gomez (5/2018)
Bad At Love - Halsey (3/2017)
Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran (1/2021)
Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (11/2020)
Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (1/2021)
Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (1/2019)
Believer - Imagine Dragons (1/2017)
Blank Space - Taylor Swift (1/2014)
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis (1/2007)
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (1/2020)
Breathin - Ariana Grande (7/2018)
Butterflies - MAX/Ali Gatie (30/2021)
Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd (2/2015)
Circles - Post Malone (1/2019)
Cloudy Day - Tones & I (31/2021)
Cold - Maroon 5/Future (5/2017)
Connection - OneRepublic (9/2018)
Cool Kids - Echosmith (5/2013)
Counting Stars - OneRepublic (1/2013)
Deja Vu - Olivia Rodrigo (11/2021)
Delicate - Taylor Swift (1/2018)
Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (1/2019)
Drive - Ben Rector (30/2018)
Drive By - Train (2/2012)
Drivers License - Olivia Rodrigo (1/2021)
Drunk - Elle King/Miranda Lambert (16/2021)
Geronimo - Sheppard (10/2014)
Girls Like You - Maroon 5/Cardi B (1/2018)
Good As Hell - Lizzo (3/2016)
Good Grief - Bastille (23/2016)
Good Life - OneRepublic (1/2011)
Good 4 U - Olivia Rodrigo (2/2021)
HandClap - Fitz & The Tantrums (5/2016)
Heathens - twenty one pilots (2/2016)
Hey Soul Sister - Train (1/2009)
Ho Hey - Lumineers (1/2012)
Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper (1/2020)
Hot N Cold - Katy Perry (1/2008)
I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (1/2019)
I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (1/2019)
I Like Me Better - Lauv (2/2017)
I Quit Drinking - Kelsea Ballerini/LANY (31/2021)
If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (1/2019)
If We Never Met - John K (11/2019)
Imagine - Ben Platt (27/2021)
In My Blood - Shawn Mendes (1/2018)
It Ain't Me - Kygo/Selena Gomez (6/2017)
Kings & Queens - Ava Max (1/2020)
Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Bros (7/2021)
Let's Hurt Tonight - OneRepublic (21/2017)
Level Of Concern - twenty one pilots (11/2020)
Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (1/2020)
Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (20/2020)
Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (3/2019)
Lost - Maroon 5 (16/2021)
Love Again - Dua Lipa (19/2021)
Love Me Anyway - P!nk/Chris Stapleton (20/2019)
Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (4/2014)
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber (1/2015)
Lover - Taylor Swift (6/2019)
Memories - Maroon 5 (1/2019)
My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (12/2020)
Never Be Sorry - Old Dominion (--/2020)
One Man Band - Old Dominion (--/2019)
One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown (18/2019)
Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan (23/2021)
Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (4/2021)
Play That Song - Train (6/2016)
Power Over Me - Dermot Kennedy (--/2018)
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (1/2013)
Renegade - Big Red Machine/Taylor Swift (14/2021)
Ride - twenty one pilots (4/2016)
Saturday - twenty one pilots (28/2021)
Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (1/2020)
Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (1/2019)
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran (1/2017)
Skate - Bruno Mars/Anderson Paak (18/2021)
Someone To You - Banners (11/2017)
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (1/2019)
Something Just Like This - Chainsmokers/Coldplay (1/2017)
Sorry - Justin Bieber (3/2015)
Sorry Not Sorry - Demi Lovato (9/2017)
Stitches - Shawn Mendes (1/2015)
Stressed Out - twenty one pilots (1/2015)
Style - Taylor Swift (1/2015)
Sugar - Maroon 5 (1/2015)
Take It All Back - Judah & The Lion (14/2016)
Take My Breath - The Weeknd (13/2021)
The Bones - Maren Morris (1/2019)
This City - Sam Fischer (13/2018)
Thunder - Imagine Dragons (1/2017)
Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes (1/2016)
Unsteady - X Ambassadors (4/2015)
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (1/2020)
Wonder - Shawn Mendes (9/2020)
Way Less Sad - AJR (10/2021)
What Lovers Do - Maroon 5/SZA (3/2017)
Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons (1/2017)
Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift (1/2015)
Willow - Taylor Swift (1/2020)
Without Me - Halsey (1/2018)
Without You - The Kid Laroi/Miley Cyrus (1/2021)
Wonder - Shawn Mendes (9/2020)
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (3/2019)
10,000 Hours - Justin Bieber/Dan + Shay (4/2019)

 

[sadchild]

I like about 1 on 50 of those. My wife probably likes 1 in 5.

 

[sadchild]

After the launch of PopRocks, The Pulse further narrowed its playlist dropping most 2000s songs focusing on currents minus the rap, playing a more adult top 40 approach focusing on current hits on the mainstream and hot adult contemporary music mixed with hits from 2010 to today.

Here are the top 30 songs of 2024 on The Pulse. Does DRC have its finger on "The Pulse"?

1 - Teddy Swims - The Door
2 - Phillip Phillips - Love Like That
3 - Myles Smith - Stargazing
4 - Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
5 - Dua Lipa - Houdini
6 - Mark Ambor - Belong Together
7 - Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
8 - Sia - Gimme Love
9 - Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
10 - Hozier - Too Sweet
11 - Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
12 - Alex Warren - Carry You Home
13 - Dua Lipa - Illusion
14 - Post Malone f/Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
15 - Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now
16 - Bon Jovi - Legendary
17 - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
18 - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
19 - Benson Boone - Slow It Down
20 - Calum Scott - At Your Worst
21 - Dua Lipa - Training Season
22 - The Fray - Time Well Wasted
23 - Dasha - Austin
24 - OneRepublic - Sink or Swim
25 - Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
26 - Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends
27 - David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
28 - Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang
29 - Papa Roach & Carrie Underwood - Leave A Light On
30 - Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

 

[sadchild]

Ok 1

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7 - Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

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4 - Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
10 - Hozier - Too Sweet
16 - Bon Jovi - Legendary
17 - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
18 - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
23 - Dasha - Austin
25 - Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
30 - Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

? 21

 

[scotchandcigar]

That's one of Mrs. Scotch's presets in her car, along with PopRocks, 80's, 90's, the Blend, the Bridge, etc. But Pulse is one that I'm less inclined to like.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

0 from 2024. I think that 2024 is the first year which I did not buy any music (from that year).

 

[HecticArt]

Hozier is about it for me.

 

[Channel98]

Here is an updated 230-song sample of the playlist of The Pulse. All these songs were played between February 10 and February 14, 2026. (On November 5, 2021, The Pulse moved from channel 15 to channel 5 and the 1950s channel moved to 72.) Chart positions are from the Billboard Hot 100. Many of these songs fared much better on other charts: Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay, Adult Contemporary, Country Airplay, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Stargazing, Espresso, Kings & Queens, One Call Away, Give Your Heart A Break, Late Night Talking, I Don’t Care, Pink Pony Club and There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back went to number one on the Pop Airplay chart. Meant To Be, Need A Favor and 10,000 Hours went to number one on the Country Airplay chart.

SiriusXM 5 – The Pulse

A-O-K – Tai Verdes (34/2021)
A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey (1/2024)
A Lot More Free – Max McNown (97/2024)
A Sky Full Of Stars – Coldplay (10/2014)
A Symptom Of Being Human – Shinedown (--/2023)
About Damn Time – Lizzo (1/2022)
Abracadabra – Lady Gaga (13/2025)
Adore You – Harry Styles (6/2019)
Ahead Of Myself – X Ambassadors (--/2017)
All I Know So Far – P!nk (74/2021)
All My Favorite Songs – Weezer/AJR (--/2021)
All My Love – Coldplay (--/2024)
All 4 Nothing (I’m So In Love) – Lauv (--/2022)
Anyone – Justin Bieber (6/2021)
Aperture – Harry Styles (1/2026)
APT. - Rosé/Bruno Mars (1/2024)
Arcade – Duncan Laurence (30/2019)
At Your Worst – Calum Scott (--/2023)
Azizam – Ed Sheeran (28/2025)
Back To Friends – Sombr (7/2025)
Back To You – Selena Gomez (18/2018)
Bad At Love – Halsey (5/2017)
Bad Dreams – Teddy Swims (30/2024)
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (1/2019)
Bad Liar – Imagine Dragons (58/2016)
Bam Bam – Camila Cabello/Ed Sheeran (21/2022)
Bandaids – Katy Perry (115/2025)
Bang! - AJR (8/2020)
Be Kind – Marshmello/Halsey (29/2020)
Beggin’ – Måneskin (13/2021)
Belong Together – Mark Ambor (74/2024)
Blank Space – Taylor Swift (1/2014)
Bloodline – Alex Warren/Jelly Roll (32/2025)
Boom Clap – Charli XCX (8/2014)
Camera – Ed Sheeran (58/2025)
Carry You Home – Alex Warren (104/2024)
Caution – Killers (--/2020)
Changes – Charlie Puth (--/2025)
Circles – Post Malone (1/2019)
Close To Me – Ellie Goulding/Diplo/Swae Lee (24/2018)
Closer – Chainsmokers/Halsey (1/2016)
Cold Heart – Elton John/Dua Lipa (7/2021)
Creatures In Heaven – Glass Animals (--/2024)
Cry For Me – The Weeknd (12/2025)
Dance Monkey – Tones & I (4/2019)
Dance The Night – Dua Lipa (6/2023)
Daylight – Shinedown (--/2022)
Déjà Vu – Olivia Rodrigo (3/2021)
Devil Doesn’t Bargain – Alec Benjamin (--/2022)
Dial Drunk – Noah Kahan/Post Malone (25/2023)
Diamonds – Sam Smith (39/2020)
Die On This Hill – Sienna Spiro (19/2025)
Dog Days Are Over – Florence & The Machine (21/2010)
Don’t Get Me Wrong – Matchbox Twenty (--/2023)
Dracula – Tame Impala (30/2025)
Drunk (& I Don't Wanna Go Home) – King/Lambert (37/2021)

 

[Channel98]

Easy On Me – Adele (1/2021)
Echoes Of You – Marc Atlas (--/2026)
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter (3/2024)
Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish (8/2019)
Eyes Closed – Ed Sheeran (19/2023)
Flowers – Miley Cyrus (1/2023)
Follow You – Imagine Dragons (68/2021)
Forget Me – Lewis Capaldi (58/2022)
Fortnight – Taylor Swift/Post Malone (1/2024)
Gimme Love – Sia (--/2024)
Give Me Something – OneRepublic (--/2025)
Give Your Heart A Break – Demi Lovato (16/2012)
Glitter In The Air – P!nk (18/2010)
Go Big Or Go Home – American Authors (--/2016)
Gone Gone Gone – Guetta/Swims/Tones & I (51/2025)
Good Grief – Bastille (112/2016)
Good News – Shaboozey (12/2024)
Gut Punch – Nick Jonas (--/2026)
Habits (Stay High) – Tove Lo (3/2014)
Happier – Marshmello/Bastille (2/2018)
Havana – Camila Cabello/Young Thug (1/2017)
Hold Me While You Wait – Lewis Capaldi (--/2019)
Holy Water – Marshmello/Jelly Roll (79/2025)
Homewrecker – Sombr (--/2026)
Houdini – Dua Lipa (11/2023)
How Do I Say Goodbye – Dean Lewis (105/2022)
How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (24/2019)
I Am Not Okay – Jelly Roll (14/2024)
I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons (28/2014)
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart - Taylor Swift (2/2024)
I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (2/2019)
I Feel Like Dancing – Jason Mraz (--/2023)
I Had Some Help – Post Malone/Morgan Wallen (1/2024)
I Just Might – Bruno Mars (1/2026)
I Like Me Better – Lauv (27/2017)
I Love Me – Demi Lovato (18/2020)
I Think We’re Alone Now – Billie Joe Armstrong (--/2020)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (4/2016)
I’ll Be Waiting – Cian Ducrot (--/2022)
If The World Was Ending – JP Saxe/Julia Michaels (27/2019)
If This Is The Last Time – LANY (--/2020)
If You Love Her – Forest Blakk (--/2020)
Illusion – Dua Lipa (43/2024)
In My Blood – Shawn Mendes (11/2018)
In Your Eyes – The Weeknd (16/2020)
It Ain’t Me – Kygo/Selena Gomez (10/2017)
Jaded – Miley Cyrus (56/2023)
Just Give Me A Reason – P!nk/Nate Ruess (1/2013)
Kings & Queens – Ava Max (13/2020)

 

[Channel98]

Late Night Talking – Harry Styles (3/2022)
Leave A Light On – Papa Roach/Carrie Underwood (--/2023)
Levitating – Dua Lipa/DaBaby (2/2020)
Lighthouse – Kelly Clarkson (--/2024)
Like My Father – Jax (--/2021)
Lil Boo Thang – Paul Russell (14/2023)
Little Bit Of Love – Tom Grennan (--/2021)
Living My Best Life – Ben Rector (--/2022)
Lonely People – Imen Siar (--/2022)
Lose Control – Teddy Swims (1/2023)
Lost – Maroon 5 (107/2021)
Lost Without You – Kygo/Dean Lewis (--/2022)
Love Again – Dua Lipa (41/2021)
Love It When You Hate Me – Avril Lavigne/blackbear (--/2022)
Love Like That – Phillip Phillips (---/2022)
Love Me Anyway – P!nk/Chris Stapleton (96/2019)
Love Somebody – Morgen Wallen (1/2024)
Lover Girl – Laufey (91/2025)
Man I Need – Olivia Dean (2/2025)
Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter (1/2025)
Me & My Broken Heart – Rixton (14/2014)
Meant To Be – BeBe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line (2/2017)
Memories – Maroon 5 (2/2019)
Mercy – Shawn Mendes (15/2016)
Mirrors – Justin Timberlake (2/2013)
Misery – Maroon 5 (14/2010)
Miss Me More – Kelsea Ballerini (47/2019)
Monsters – All Time Low (55/2020)
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera (1/2011)
Mr Brightside – Killers (10/2005)
Mr Electric Blue – Benson Boone (73/2025)
Mystical Magical – Benson Boone (17/2025)
Need A Favor – Jelly Roll (13/2023)
Never Be Sorry – Old Dominion (--/2020)
Never Be The Same – Camila Cabello (6/2017)
Never Gonna Not Dance Again – P!nk (99/2022)
New Romantics – Taylor Swift (46/2015)
Nice To Meet You – Myles Smith/Lainey Wilson (25/2024)
Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes) – Goo Goo Dolls (--/2025)
Numb – Marshmello/Khalid (40/2022)
Numb Little Bug – Em Beihold (18/2022)
One Call Away – Charlie Puth (12/2015)
One Last Time – Ariana Grande (13/2015)
One Thing Right – Marshmello/Kane Brown (36/2019)
Only Human – Jonas Brothers (18/2019)
Opalite – Taylor Swift (2/2025)
Ordinary – Alex Warren (1/2025)
Our Song – Anne-Marie/Niall Horan (--/2021)
Out Of The Woods – Taylor Swift (18/2014, 44/2016)
Outnumbered – Dermot Kennedy (--/2019)
Overpass Graffiti – Ed Sheeran (41/2021)

 

[Channel98]

Peaches – Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (1/2021)
Photograph – Ed Sheeran (10/2015)
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan (4/2020)
Power Over Me – Dermot Kennedy (--/2018)
Roommates – Hilary Duff (--/2026)
Royals – Lorde (1/2013)
Rubber Band Man – Mumford & Sons/Hozier (120/2025)
Sapphire – Ed Sheeran (74/2025)
Saturday – Twenty One Pilots (104/2021)
Say My Name In Your Sleep – Maisie Peters (--/2025)
Say So – Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj (1/2020)
Say Something – A Great Big World/Christina Aguilera (4/2013)
Señorita – Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (1/2019)
Setting The World On Fire – Kenny Chesney/P!nk (29/2016)
Shivers – Ed Sheeran (4/2021)
Sign Of The Times – Harry Styles (4/2017)
So Good – Halsey (51/2022)
Someone To You – Banners (118/2021)
Something To Believe In (Jeremiah) – Parachute (--/2011)
Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else – Benson Boone (19/2025)
Speechless – Dan + Shay (24/2018)
Starboy – The Weeknd/Daft Punk (1/2016)
Stargazing – Myles Smith (19/2024)
Stay – The Kid Laroi/Justin Bieber (1/2021)
Stay – Zedd/Alessia Cara (7/2017)
Stay (If You Wanna Dance) – Myles Smith (--/2025)
Stick Season – Noah Kahan (9/2022)
Stitches – Shawn Mendes (4/2015)
Still Don’t Care – Meghan Trainor (--/2025)
Style – Taylor Swift (6/2014)
Sucker – Jonas Brothers (1/2019)
Sure Thing – Miguel (36/2011)
Survive – Lewis Capaldi (--/2025)
Survivin’ – Bastille (--/2020)
Sweet But Psycho – Ava Max (10/2018)
Taste – Sabrina Carpenter (2/2024)
Tequila – Dan + Shay (21/2018)
That’s What I Want – Lil Nas X (8/2021)
The Banjo Song – Mumford & Sons (--/2026)
The Door – Teddy Swims (24/2024)
The Fate Of Ophelia – Taylor Swift (1/2025)
The Great Divide – Noah Kahan (6/2026)
The Other Girl – Kelsea Ballerini/Halsey (95/2020)
The Other Side – SZA/Justin Timberlake (61/2020)
The Thing I Love – MAX/Andy Grammer (--/2025)
There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back – Shawn Mendes (6/2017)
Three Six Five – Shinedown (--/2025)
Thrill Me – Rob Thomas (--/2025)
Thunder – Imagine Dragons (4/2017)
Too Sweet – Hozier (1/2024)
Training Season – Dua Lipa (27/2024)
Trampoline – Shaed (13/2019)
Trustfall – P!nk (82/2023)
Unholy – Sam Smith/Kim Petras (1/2022)
Used To Be Young – Miley Cyrus (8/2023)
Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo (1/2023)
Viva La Vida – Coldplay (1/2008)
Want To Want Me – Jason Derulo (5/2015)
Way Less Sad – AJR (54/2021)
We Didn't Start The Fire – Fall Out Boy (94/2023)
We’re Good – Dua Lipa (31/2021)
What Lovers Do – Maroon 5/SZA (9/2017)
Where Is My Husband! – Raye (13/2025)
Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift (76/2014, 5/2015)
Wildflower – Billie Eilish (17/2024)
Wish You The Best – Lewis Capaldi (103/2023)
Woke Up In Love – Kygo/Gryffin/Calum Scott (--/2022)
You Broke Me First – Tate McRae (17/2020)
You Right – Doja Cat/The Weeknd (11/2021)
Youngblood – 5 Seconds Of Summer (7/2018)
2step – Ed Sheeran (48/2022)
7 Rings – Ariana Grande (1/2019)
21 Guns – Green Day (22/2009)
10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (5/2019)

 

[sadchild]

Not a station I'd enjoy

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Azizam – Ed Sheeran (28/2025)
Eyes Closed – Ed Sheeran (19/2023)
Just Give Me A Reason – P!nk/Nate Ruess (1/2013)

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Royals – Lorde (1/2013)

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A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey (1/2024)
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (1/2019)
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter (3/2024)
I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons (28/2014)
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera (1/2011)
Photograph – Ed Sheeran (10/2015)

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Blank Space – Taylor Swift (1/2014)
Viva La Vida – Coldplay (1/2008)
21 Guns – Green Day (22/2009)

The rest = ?