The study concluded by noting a total of 30 weather-related artists, bands and lyricists, including Wet Wet Wet, The Weather Girls and KC and the Sunshine Band. Our study also concluded that references to bad weather in pop songs were statistically more significant in the USA during the more stormy 1950s and 1960s than the quieter periods of 1970s and 1980s." Dr Brown commented: "In 1969, George Harrison wrote the Beatles' hit "Here Comes The Sun" after being inspired by one of the first sunny days of spring after a 'long cold lonely winter'.
The study, published in the journal Weather, also found that musicians were inspired by specific weather events. Lead author, Dr Sally Brown from the University of Southampton, said, "We were all surprised how often weather is communicated in popular music, whether as a simple analogy or a major theme of a song, such as Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' In The Wind' or The Hollies' 'Bus Stop', where a couple fall in love under an umbrella." Lazy Weather is a pop song that is purely a mood piece. But with time, and some cleaning, metaphorically speaking, you can get over even the worst breakups. Being heartbroken can feel very debilitating. Adele herself described her classic song Rolling in the Deep as a dark blues-y, gospel, disco tune, versus just a pop song. It’s considered a classic rock song and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. Eventbrite - Enoteca Mediterranea presenta POP NIGHT POPULAR SONGS & POPULAR WINE - Mercoledì 20 luglio 2022 - Enoteca Mediterranea, Padova, Veneto. It's about cleaning up one's life to get back to normal after a heartbreak. The popular track eventually became the UK’s third-bestselling single of all time. Weather-related songs are also very popular, with 7 per cent of them appearing Rolling Stone's (2011) top 500 list of the Greatest Songs Of All Time. Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930 David A Jasen, Gene Jones. Clean is a song about getting over a breakup and becoming clean again. Over 900 songwriters or singers have written or sung about weather, the most common being Bob Dylan, followed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Songs mentioned up to six weather types, such as 'Stormy' by Cobb and Buie. The study, led by the University of Southampton, together with the Universities of Oxford, Manchester, Newcastle (all part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research) and the University of Reading analysed the weather through lyrics, musical genre, keys and links to specific weather events.įrequently, songs mentioned more than one weather type, indicating a range of emotions within a song.
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