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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | I wish |
| Artist | Stevie Wonder |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Songs in the key of life |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:12 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 106 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 105-109 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Ebm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | BRASS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best R&B Male Vocal Performance |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/steviewonder/iwish.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Stevie Wonder |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A dusty playground |
| Explanation | ✱ Youth is portrayed as a sun-drenched place full of innocent games, now only visible through the 'rearview mirror' of the mind. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Social:Game |
| MTag 2 | Time:Past |
| MTag 3 | Memory |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Dorian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, IV - Major, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2eKxB67lavR3W1GcgHr21X?si=41d2af03b99048ed |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9TgtfjhENFNHMyoR315H_2tC |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 80 |
| Mel Cmplx | 65 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 13 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 72 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 61 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 80-89 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 60-69 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 82 |
| Spot-Energy | 72 |
| Spot-Valance | 89 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 80-89 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Soul |
| Genre 2 | Pop |
| Genre 3 | Funk |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Pop Soul |



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