Yesterday I eagerly twisted off the cap of my Snapple Iced Tea to reveal that, once again, I was an instant loser. No trip to Hawaii for me but as Snapple connoisseurs know, a fine consolation prized awaited:

"Real Fact" #442
Bees' wings beat 11,400 times per minute.

I have to say seeing “Real Fact” in quotes gave me pause, but only for a second. In the time it takes a bee to beat its wings 190 times, I was fully prepared to accept the oracle that is the Snapple Bottle Cap as gospel truth.

One of the perks of working at MusicStrands is that you have music on the brain 24/7, so naturally I immediately starting wondering what might be the beat of the fastest song.

Well, before we open The Envelope Please, I want to give honorable mention to Thomas Scholl, who holds the record for the Fastest Yodel at 22 tones in one second. But one second of yodeling does not a song make, so I bring your attention to the MusicStrands biography of Moby, where we see that his song Thousand was “… classified by The Guinness Book Of Records as the fastest single ever, climaxing at 1,015 beats per minute.” So there you have it: If some morning you wake up and you’re a bee, you can rock out with Moby.

No doubt the thirsty reader is still wondering about that tea. Well that’s yesterday’s news but here at MusicStrands: The Blog, we do like to bring things full circle. So if you’re anywhere near New York City you can check out Moby’s tea shop, teany cafe.

Moby: Fastest song in the tea shop