Season 2 was short and sweet, mostly, so it's time to round up the numbers for Grammar Rock! thus far. Remember, there are three Grammar Rock! numbers that aired during later seasons, so we'll be coming back to these numbers again later. Still, let's see where Grammar stands for now.
Every song will get a summary score by combining each rating factor; with Yikes points counting in the negative. We'll get Shel and June's each favorite songs and also our combined rankings. Plus: The average rating across the season in each category.
The Best Grammar Rock Song (So Far)
See our Multiplication Rock! Round-Up! for an explanation of the scoring system. Remember, the music and animation quality are given equal weight to educational quality; and promoting rape culture or racism carries a stiff penalty.
June and I seem to disagree strongly on this season, which suffered in pedagogical failures as much as it made up for it in animation quality. One category can't compensate for two.
Ranked By Shel Score
Tied for #1: A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing and Verb: That's What's Happening — 15 points
Tied for #2: Interjections! and Unpack Your Adjectives — 12 points.
#3: Conjunction Junction — 10 points.
#4: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here — 8 points.
Ranked by June Score
#1: Verb: That's What's Happening — 17 points.
Three-Way Tied for #2: Conjunction Junction, Interjections!, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here — 13 points.
Tied for #3: A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing and Unpack Your Adjectives — 12 points.
Combined Totals
#1: Verb: That's What's Happening — 32 points.
#2: A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing — 27 points.
#3: Interjections! — 25 points.
#4: Unpack Your Adjectives — 24 points.
#5: Conjunction Junction — 23 points.
#6: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here — 21 points.
Multiplication Rock! Overall Averages
Multiplication Rock! scored the following averages:
Music: 6.5
Animation: 6.66
Pedagogy: 7.16
Accuracy: 7.66
Yikes: -2.67
Overall: 25.33
Grammar Rock! is slightly worse than Multiplication Rock! overall. Despite the larger budget and iconic moments, we actually seemed to consistently like these songs worse in every category except for pedagogy. June is right that the topics they tried to cover are just a lot more complicated than math, so it was easier for them to take big hits in the accuracy department. Still, it's not over yet for Grammar! With three more songs to come later on, it could make a comeback, and it's only trailing Multiplication Rock! by fractions of points.
Schoolhouse Rock! Leaderboard!
Best Song Overall
#1: Ready or Not, Here I Come — 38 points.
Tied for #2: Figure Eight and Naughty Number Nine — 35 points.
Tied for #3: Lucky Seven Sampson and Verb: That's What's Happening — 32 points.
#4: Little Twelvetoes — 31 points.
#5: I Got Six — 30 points.
#6: Three is a Magic Number — 29 points.
#7: A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing — 27 points.
#8: Interjections! — 25 points.
#9: Unpack Your Adjectives — 24 points.
#10: Conjunction Junction — 23 points.
Tied for #11: Elementary, My Dear and Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here — 21 points.
Tied for #12: The Good Eleven and The Four-Legged Zoo — 17 points.
#13: My Hero, Zero — 10 points.
Best Rock!
#1: Multiplication Rock! — 26.81 points
#2: Grammar Rock! — 25.33 points
Next Up: A very special inter-season essay by our own Junebug Theory!

