TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there a Rhythm Of The Rain? An analysis of weather in popular music
AU - Brown, Sally
AU - Aplin, Karen L.
AU - Jenkins, Katie
AU - Mander, Sarah
AU - Walsh, Claire
AU - Williams, Paul D.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1002/wea.2464
DO - 10.1002/wea.2464
M3 - Article
VL - 70
SP - 198
EP - 204
JO - Weather
JF - Weather
SN - 0043-1656
IS - 7
ER -