Is there a Rhythm Of The Rain? An analysis of weather in popular music

Brown, Sally, Aplin, Karen L., Jenkins, Katie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-5139, Mander, Sarah, Walsh, Claire and Williams, Paul D. (2015) Is there a Rhythm Of The Rain? An analysis of weather in popular music. Weather, 70 (7). pp. 198-204. ISSN 0043-1656

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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.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 29 May 2021 00:13
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2023 00:08
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80168
DOI: 10.1002/wea.2464

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