Published May 8, 2024 | Version v1
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Top 5 Songs from Each Generation (Baby Boomers to Generation Alpha) with Song Information

  • 1. ROR icon University of Arizona

Description

Year: The year the song was released.

Artist: The artist or group who performed the song.

Song: The title of the song.

Genre: The genre of the song.

Lyrics: Excerpts from the lyrics of the song.

Danceability: A measure of how suitable a track is for dancing, based on a combination of musical elements including tempo, rhythm stability, beat strength, and overall regularity.

Energy: A measure of intensity and activity in the song, typically including dynamic range, perceived loudness, timbre, onset rate, and general entropy.

Liveness: A measure of the presence of an audience in the recording. Higher values represent an increased probability that the track was performed live.

Speechiness: A measure of the presence of spoken words in the track. Values above 0.66 describe tracks that are probably entirely spoken words.

Valence: A measure of the musical positiveness of a track, ranging from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating more positive tracks (e.g., happy, cheerful, euphoric), and lower values indicating more negative tracks (e.g., sad, depressed, angry).

This dataset seems to capture a variety of popular songs from the mid-20th century, providing insights into their lyrical content and musical characteristics.

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Alternative title (English)
Top 5 Songs from Each Generation