Title
Properties of the song title
Values Over Time
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All Values(21)
| # | Value | Songs | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pronoun in title The title contains a personal pronoun (I, You, She, We, etc.) | 90 | 26.7% |
| 2 | Person in title The song's title is or includes a person's name. | 29 | 8.6% |
| 3 | Title in chorus | 27 | 8.0% |
| 4 | Long title An unusually long song title relative to Beatles norms | 23 | 6.8% |
| 5 | One-word title The title is a single word, before any parenthetical subtitle. | 19 | 5.6% |
| 6 | Negation in title The title turns on a negation: no, not, never, or a contracted don't, won't or can't. | 16 | 4.7% |
| 7 | Woman in title The title names a woman or points at one with a female pronoun. | 15 | 4.5% |
| 8 | Title not in lyrics The song's title does not appear anywhere within its own lyrics | 15 | 4.5% |
| 9 | Title is a person The title is the name of a real or fictional person | 14 | 4.2% |
| 10 | Imperative in title The title is or includes an imperative - a direct command to do something. | 13 | 3.9% |
| 11 | Love in title The word love, in any of its forms, appears in the song's title. | 12 | 3.6% |
| 12 | Title in refrain | 11 | 3.3% |
| 13 | Get in title The title uses get or got. | 10 | 3.0% |
| 14 | Title is album title The song shares its exact title with the album it appears on | 8 | 2.4% |
| 15 | Two titles The song is widely known by two different titles | 4 | 1.2% |
| 16 | Day or night in title The title names a day or a night. | 7 | 2.1% |
| 17 | Color in title The title names a colour. | 7 | 2.1% |
| 18 | Number in title The title contains a number. | 7 | 2.1% |
| 19 | Exclamation in title The title contains or ends with an exclamation mark | 4 | 1.2% |
| 20 | Title in outro | 3 | 0.9% |
| 21 | Ringoism Title coined from a Ringo Starr malapropism or spontaneous invented phrase (e.g. 'A Hard Day's Night') | 3 | 0.9% |