Submitted by spicer2 t3_10dswee in dataisbeautiful
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soldforaspaceship t1_j4oroh6 wrote
Agreed. Feel like maybe it only used numbers?
TheRealFender t1_j4o104p wrote
Where does 9 in the afternoon count?
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spicer2 OP t1_j4n0vbd wrote
Source: Spotify
Tools used: Python, Flourish (not banned for static charts, right??)
Methodology: This was a really interesting exercise but needs a bit of explaining. What you're looking at is the number of songs whose titles contain a time of day within that window - so 3:33AM would fit between 3-4 on the AM side, 7:34PM would go between 7-8 on the PM side, and so on.
This only looks at times formatted by the 12 hour clock, as there's no foolproof way to verify that something like 11:11 is intended as a time and not something else (usually Bible verses). So 12:51 by The Strokes, for example, isn't picked up on this. And it obviously doesn't include times of day that can be expressed with words, like midnight and noon.
Tidbits:
The day in music is like the inverse of a typical day. The general pattern is that when people are most awake there's fewer songs, and vice versa.
I was really surprised that 3:00AM was the most popular minute/time to name a song after. Although the word "midnight" isn't counted here, I assumed 12AM or 12PM would be the obvious winner. 3AM is like the ultimate shorthand for the middle of the night, when you can't sleep, you're thinking about someone and you want to write a song about it. I also have a lot of time for the person who wrote a song called "Sneaking To The Fridge To Get Beans At Exactly 3:42AM".
3:33AM is the most popular time not at the top of an hour.
Every minute between 1:16AM and 7:34AM has at least one song attached to it.
The longest consecutive period of time without an attached song is just 2 minutes (which happens on multiple occasions).
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Redmarkred t1_j4pi60q wrote
I would assume 3-4. 2-3 would stop at 2:59
ElvisDumbledore t1_j4neiui wrote
4am is supposedly the most common time referenced in songs. I wish I could find a source for that.
Independent-Row5709 t1_j4nu9jn wrote
4 am I'm just getting started, for my birthday I threw me a surprise party.
knowledgeseekingman t1_j4n0x61 wrote
You like 9 to 5, I’m the weeeekend
StuartGotz t1_j4ogfd2 wrote
Bill Haley fucked this all up.
HooverMaxpromodel60 t1_j4olvj8 wrote
There's something about 3am
garymrush t1_j4owkp9 wrote
It’s five o’clock on a Saturday.
Salarian_American t1_j4oyzmm wrote
Cool now do days of the week!
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miclugo t1_j4q4nax wrote
There should be one more at 3:34 or 3:35 AM for Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4"
Icy_Cut_5572 t1_j4nkn4s wrote
Midnight would surely win