2024/11/02 by Gustavo Rocha Feitosa Santos, Santos, Guilherme Soares S. dos, Flávio Figueiredo +1
Arts and Humanities · #Diverse Musicological Studies #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Music History and Culture #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2411.01242
openalex publication_date 2024/11/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Music digitalization has introduced new forms of composition known as "musical borrowings", where composers use elements of existing songs -- such as melodies, lyrics, or beats -- to create new songs. Using Who Sampled data and Google Trends, we examine how the popularity of a borrowing song affects the original. Employing Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) for short-term effects and Granger Causality for long-term impacts, we find evidence of causal popularity boosts in some cases. Borrowee songs can revive interest in older tracks, underscoring economic dynamics that may support fairer compensation in the music industry.