Where’s The Love? Comparing Lyrics from 2010 and 1960

The two images above (click for larger versions; created with Wordle) show the most popular words used in the US Billboard Top 10 songs from February 21, 1960 and February 21, 2010. I’m sure you can work out which is which.

(Note that this includes repetitions within the same song, hence the Imma.)

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