Is there a rhythm of the rain? An analysis of weather in popular music
Is there a rhythm of the rain? An analysis of weather in popular music
Weather is frequently used in music to frame events and emotions, yet quantitative analyses are rare. From a collated base set of 759 weather-related songs, 419 were analysed based on listings from a karaoke database. This article analyses the 20 weather types described, frequency of occurrence, genre, keys, mimicry, lyrics and songwriters. Vocals were the principal means of communicating weather: sunshine was the most common, followed by rain, with weather depictions linked to the emotions of the song. Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the most weather-related songs, partly following their experiences at the time of writing.
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Brown, S.
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7 July 2015
Brown, S.
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Mander, S.
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Brown, S., Aplin, K.L., Jenkins, K., Mander, S., Walsh, C. and Williams, P.
(2015)
Is there a rhythm of the rain? An analysis of weather in popular music.
Weather, 70 (7), .
(doi:10.1002/wea.2464).
Abstract
Weather is frequently used in music to frame events and emotions, yet quantitative analyses are rare. From a collated base set of 759 weather-related songs, 419 were analysed based on listings from a karaoke database. This article analyses the 20 weather types described, frequency of occurrence, genre, keys, mimicry, lyrics and songwriters. Vocals were the principal means of communicating weather: sunshine was the most common, followed by rain, with weather depictions linked to the emotions of the song. Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the most weather-related songs, partly following their experiences at the time of writing.
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Accepted/In Press date: December 2014
Published date: 7 July 2015
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