While there are countless songs out there that have helped people through difficult health moments, there’s something extra special about songs inspired by the ups and downs of living with a health condition.īelow, we rounded up 18 songs that were written about an individual’s experience with chronic illness - whether that person is the songwriter, a band member, a friend or a loved one. That small change of allowing the music to flood my mind, allows me to complete the task I want to do. The music brings me joy and that reduces stress, which in turn helps reduce my sense of pain. Each step causes sharp shocks through my body, but it’s not at the forefront of my mind. My mind becomes focused on the music and the words of the song. She said the chronic pain from her rare disease can lead to anxiety and stress, but music “makes everything better.” In her essay, “ The One Thing That Helps Distract Me From My Pain,” she explained:Īs soon as I play my favorite songs, I begin singing. Many people with chronic illness in particular find that certain songs or genres can be powerful in helping distract them from symptoms and cope with all the stresses and frustrations of life with a health condition.įor Mighty contributor Samantha Moss, music is an important form of distraction therapy. The team, who conducted the research in their spare time, are interested to learn about any weather-orientated music songs they may have missed in their study.Music is often a source of comfort and emotional healing.
The findings are a follow on from previous research in 2011 by co-authors Paul Williams, from the University of Reading, and Karen Aplin, from University of Oxford, into weather events appearing in classical music. The study concluded by noting a total of 30 weather-related artists, bands and lyricists, including Wet Wet Wet, The Weather Girls and KC and the Sunshine Band. Our study also concluded that references to bad weather in pop songs were statistically more significant in the USA during the more stormy 1950s and 1960s than the quieter periods of 1970s and 1980s.” Dr Brown commented: “In 1969, George Harrison wrote the Beatles’ hit “Here Comes The Sun” after being inspired by one of the first sunny days of spring after a ‘long cold lonely winter’. The study, published in the journal Weather, also found that musicians were inspired by specific weather events. Lead author, Dr Sally Brown from the University of Southampton, said, “We were all surprised how often weather is communicated in popular music, whether as a simple analogy or a major theme of a song, such as Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ or The Hollies’ ‘Bus Stop’, where a couple fall in love under an umbrella.” Weather-related songs are also very popular, with 7 per cent of them appearing Rolling Stone’s (2011) top 500 list of the Greatest Songs Of All Time. Over 900 songwriters or singers have written or sung about weather, the most common being Bob Dylan, followed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Songs mentioned up to six weather types, such as ‘Stormy’ by Cobb and Buie. The study, led by the University of Southampton, together with the Universities of Oxford, Manchester, Newcastle (all part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research) and the University of Reading analysed the weather through lyrics, musical genre, keys and links to specific weather events.įrequently, songs mentioned more than one weather type, indicating a range of emotions within a song.
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