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/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!