Tracy Chapman — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 86 songs across 9 albums by Tracy Chapman. They use 1,977 unique words out of 8,794 (lexical richness MATTR 0.68), with an average of 102 content words per song. Emotional tone: 70% of songs positive, 3% neutral, 27% negative.
Most used words by Tracy Chapman
- love (162)
- one (130)
- say (130)
- let (108)
- heart (106)
- free (91)
- make (74)
- see (73)
- time (72)
- world (72)
- cold (68)
- life (65)
- come (64)
- away (64)
- give (57)
- know (56)
- day (53)
- run (51)
- things (51)
- right (49)
Signature phrases
- “one day” (28)
- “let speak word” (25)
- “matters heart” (20)
- “speak word let” (19)
- “word let speak” (19)
- “away miles away” (18)
- “miles away miles” (18)
- “keep walls falling” (18)
- “stop thinking stop” (17)
- “thinking stop thinking” (17)
Colors in the lyrics
- white (11)
- black (8)
- blue (8)
- red (5)
- green (2)
- gold (1)
- gray (1)
Albums analyzed
- Tracy Chapman (1988)
- Crossroads (1989)
- Matters of the Heart (1992)
- New Beginning (1995)
- Telling Stories (2000)
- Let It Rain (2002)
- Where You Live (2005)
- Our Bright Future (2008)
- 4 Years Selection (2021)