We used the
Playlist Miner
to find the most common songs present in playlists containing the terms "Funeral", “Funeral
Songs”, and “Grief” in November 2019.
For each playlist we identified the most common songs, giving the 10 most popular tracks per
keyword.
Both the raw and calculated data can be found
here
.
We used the
Spotify API
to acquire audio features for each of the tracks we discovered.
Modal data was used for the average genre and key, whilst the mean was calculated for the
energy scores, tempo and song duration.
Energy is a measure from 0.0 (least) to 1.0 (most) and represents a measure of intensity and
activity. Typically, energetic tracks feel fast, loud, and noisy.
For the overall data, all the lists were combined and the track occurrences in playlists
totalled.
Artist Image Attributions
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FUNERAL PLAYLIST
Choosing what music to play at your own or a loved one’s funeral can be difficult. Most
people want to choose a song that says something about them or has a deeper meaning for
them. We’ve scoured Spotify to find the most popular funeral songs - see them for yourself
here.
The Overall Funeral Playlist
We’ve analysed data from over 2,000 Spotify playlists to find out which songs and
artists appeared the most in playlists featuring the terms funeral songs, funerals and
grief. The top tracks were put together to find the most popular songs to play at a
funeral.
Most Listened to Tracks
The tracks that appeared most often when playlists were
analysed are: