family
A topic under Roots & Belonging
132 calibrated songs carry this topic. They average +16, which is 21 points above the library as a whole, and they run from -90 to +78.
- Contamination10.6% carry a contamination flag, against 5.4% across the library.
- Where they land1 Ascended45 Elevated72 Decent10 Degraded4 Corrupted
When it leads, and when it rides along
43 of these songs are mostly about family, and those average +23. Where family is present but not the point, the average is +12. The topic reads higher by 11 points when it leads.
The span
Songs on this topic
- +72The Living YearsMike + The MechanicsGenerational silence turned to counsel
- +70Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)Alan JacksonRoll call of a nation's responses to a September tragedy
- +65Tha CrossroadsBone Thugs-n-HarmonyFaith-anchored elegy with crossroads vow
- +64Who Is Saving WhoAndy GrammerReciprocal rescue meditation
- +62AblazeAlanis MorissetteParental oneness vow to two children
- +60I Don't Want to WaitPaula ColeBreak-the-cycle presence plea
- +59Fast CarTracy ChapmanEscape plan that lands where it started
- +57Rich and BrokeJon BellionFamily as the measure of rich
- +56Fast CarLuke CombsEscape plan that ends on the question
- +53Cats in the CradleHarry Chapin
- +52The Great DivideNoah KahanBelated reckoning with hidden religious fear
- +50Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make)Janet JacksonAdults-failing-children indictment
- +50My BoyJon BellionFather's confession over a small son
- +47A Hundred Challenging Things a Boy Can DoDarren HayesTribute to two swallowed working lives
- +47Just As You AreMike LoveBe-yourself farewell blessing
- +46Independence DayMartina McBrideChild's witness to a battered mother's fire
- +45Ten Pairs Of BootsRiley GreenLife measured in boots, father to father
- +44Children of the HeartMike LoveProtective call to the youth
- +44HopeKim ChurchillSelf-made-hell recovery song
- +43GabrielHiss Golden MessengerFather's blessing and call homeward
- +43Jackie ChanKim ChurchillScreen-hero gratitude and self-mercy song
- +43NeverlandDarren HayesChild witness turning terror into drawings
- +43You Without MeBrandi CarlileBlessing a loved one's separate life
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