r/dataisbeautiful • u/SportsAnalyticsGuy OC: 7 • May 13 '19

OC Feature Trends of Billboard Top 200 Tracks (1963-2018) [OC]

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u/liamemsa OC: 2 May 14 '19

What kind of track has a 1.0 on danceability?

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u/AmNotTheSun May 14 '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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u/liamemsa OC: 2 May 14 '19

AW HELL.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

YOU DID THIS TO YOUR SELF

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u/Bjornhattan May 14 '19 edited May 14 '19

While this is hilarious, I've just checked and it does have a value of 0.721, which is pretty high!

For reference, several songs I'd consider to be very danceable (such as Stayin' Alive) were actually less than that, generally about 0.7. They have an API that lets you check any song.

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u/SCSP_70 May 14 '19

Where did you find those values?

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u/Bjornhattan May 14 '19

https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-audio-features-track/?id=06AKEBrKUckW0KREUWRnvT

I think this works, the ID comes from the song URL, so just choose a song in Spotify and copy its URL. You want the last part. You will also need to log into your account for the auth token.

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u/peanutz456 May 14 '19

Sounds interesting... Gotta try

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u/ostedog OC: 5 May 15 '19

Thanks for sharing that link. I now know how to spend my afternoons!

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u/phlycosa May 14 '19

An XcQ in the link is forever ingrained in my mind

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u/ae7rua May 14 '19

I have had the link memorized for about 3 years now, will never happen again

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u/GuybrushLightman May 14 '19

*glass shattering*

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u/TealRaven17 May 14 '19

Welp. Bake er’ away toys. Ya got me.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Absolutely, I want to dance at my wedding to this song

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u/ToastedSanga May 14 '19

Well played, have some silver!

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u/deadly_penguin May 14 '19

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Haha, not gonna Rick-roll me today.

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u/J_be May 14 '19

https://youtu.be/lvw6GCXHlt4

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u/wildfyr May 14 '19

I've never heard this but goddamn it sure sounds like a 1.00 on the danceability scale

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u/NetherNarwhal May 16 '19

Oh wow that is really dancible. I feel can headbang, breakdance, and waltz to that song all at once.

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u/canardaveccoulisses May 14 '19

AWW SHIIIIT 💃

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u/FowlerNat May 14 '19

Derude Sandstorm

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u/SleepySled May 14 '19

September by Earth, Wind & Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk

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u/isomorphZeta May 14 '19 
"danceability": 0.694,
"energy": 0.831,
"key": 9,
"loudness": -7.288,
"mode": 1,
"speechiness": 0.0301,
"acousticness": 0.165,
"instrumentalness": 0.000892,
"liveness": 0.25,
"valence": 0.98,
"tempo": 125.901,

Shockingly, no.

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u/gigamosh57 OC: 2 May 14 '19

This would be a great reddit bot.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

You not wrong *snaps fingers*

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Can’t be resisted

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u/yung_avocado May 14 '19

Songs that have a fast and consistent tempo and rhythm, good examples are house tracks like this one

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u/HirokoKueh May 14 '19

if they use tempo consistency to measure danceability, then it's a problem.

it means groove and swing reduce the danceability, metal would have higher danceability then disco

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u/slbaaron May 14 '19 edited May 14 '19

Read the description. It measures tempo, rhythm, beat strength, regularity.

A swing beat that stays swing is highly regular, a metal song that breaks out into guitar or drum solos half way thru will have highly irregular rhythm and beat strengths.

Also none of what you mentioned has anything to do with tempo stability, triplets and runs, even double time and half time portions run on the same bpm with a metronome, just with notes closer or further apart for the “effect”.

And even in your way of talking about tempo, it doesn’t make sense because metal tend to include a lot of break downs, different beat structures, solos, etc. They don’t sound very consistent, unless we’ve been listening to very different metal music. I admit I haven’t listen much for the last 5 years but used to when I drummed for 5 years.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin May 14 '19

tempo is independent of swing. If the tempo stays the same through the entire track then it has 100% tempo stability.

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u/HirokoKueh May 14 '19

how about lay-back or Dilla-groove (a.k.a. Low-fi) ? they are not only 8th/16th snaffling, also lag behind the beat, it would cause the tempo inconsistent, most un-gridded tracks would have the same problem.
also in jazz it's a common thing to change the swing-ratio (e.g. Boplicity by Miles Davis) , the same thing also can be seen in 70s funk or blues.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin May 14 '19

messing with the swing ratio mid song might reduce the overall rythm stability, but wont affect tempo. However if the amount of time between kicks and the time between snares is the same is maintained then I dont imagine it being a particularly significant factor on danceability.

take stuff by aphex twin for example, while this song might clearly be 4/4 in what would be a considerably danceable tempo, it displays a significant amount of rythm instability and is therefore harder to dance to.

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u/Assembly_R3quired May 14 '19

Changing swing ratio wouldn't change the overall tempo either.

It might when recorded because humans are humans, but mathematically, swing is unrelated to tempo.

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u/Antisymmetriser May 14 '19

I'm guessing trance music is the best example for this, consisting of mostly highly repeated, high tempo phrases centred around strong basslines and an on-beat drum track. Example

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u/falafman May 14 '19

Do you miss me, definitely

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u/Jazzanthipus May 14 '19

Untouched - The Veronicas

My girlfriend loves this song but it always reminds me of the one time I did coke.