Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Hip to be square |
| Artist | Huey Lewis and the News |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Fore! |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:05 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1986 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 141 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 140-144 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | E |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Ending Fade out |
| Modulations ▾ | |
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| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | MTV VMA - Most Experimental Video |
| Chart Type | Album Rock Tracks |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/hueylewisthenews/hiptobesquare.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | William Gibson |
| Author 2 | Huey Lewis |
| Author 3 | Sean Hopper |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A geometric box ✱ A geometric shape |
| Explanation | ✱ Giving up rebellion for bourgeois life is portrayed as voluntarily stepping into a 'square' shape where all sharp edges are off. ✱ Conformity is portrayed as a tight square shape; giving up 'sharp edges' to finally fit in somewhere. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Social:Identity |
| MTag 2 | Irony |
| MTag 3 | Society:Math |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Mixolydian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0LXXMinIYsGwz5p5O6Ef3Q?si=7fe509b247e743ae |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9TgmFO4eil4YI5IbYONFpgAV |
| Visual |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 67 |
| Spot-Energy | 78 |
| Spot-Valance | 96 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 90+ |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Pop Rock |