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

Year: 2015
Type: article
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.
Source: Weather
DOI: 10.1002/wea.2464
Authors: Sally Brown, Karen L. Aplin, Katie Jenkins, Sarah Mander, Claire Walsh, Paul D. Williams
Institutions: University of Southampton, University of Oxford, Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester, University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle University, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1587671445
FWCI: 8.471
Cites: 15
Cited by: 5
Related to: 10