An Analysis on Connotative Meaning of Yusuf Islam’s Songs

This research was conducted to analyze connotative meaning in Yusuf Islam’s songs. This research focuses on connotative meaning, then by comparing denotative meaning showed the differences meaning of the data. It clasifies the connotative meaning into three types; positive, negative and neutral. The researcher applies the qualitative approach in analyzing the data. The data of this research are songs of Yusuf Islam in album “Footsteps in the light” which are derived from the internet. The songs are selected into five; “The Wind”, “Seal of The Prophet”, “I Look, I See”, “Angel of War”, and “God is The Light”. The findings show that there are thirty-six data which contain connotative meaning; nineteen data of positive, twelve data of negative, and five data of neutral. In addition, the positive connotative meanings which are found on the data refer to the power of Allah as the Almighty. Meanwhile, the negative and neutral connotative meanings are related to humans and their negative characteristic.