Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Loser |
| Artist | Beck |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Mellow Gold |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:55 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1993 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 85 BPM Spotify BPM YouTube |
| BPM Grp | 085-089 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | D |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | GEO related songs |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Break |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | Rap |
| Voc Info 3 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 4 | No BGV harmony |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | DRUMS |
| Instr 3 | BASS GUITAR |
| Instr 4 | SITAR |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance |
| Nominations 2 | MTV EMA - Best Song |
| Nominations 3 | MTV VMA - Best Male Video |
| Nominations 4 | MTV VMA - Best New Artist |
| Nominations 5 | MTV VMA - Best Alternative Video |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 10 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beck/loser.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Beck Hansen |
| Author 2 | Carl Stephenson |
| Author 3 | Masafumi Gotou |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A messy collage |
| Explanation | ✱ An ironic and surreal expression of feeling like an outsider in society. |
| MTag 1 | Self-deprecation |
| MTag 2 | Alternative |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
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| 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 |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 2 |
| Mel Cmplx | 48 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 25 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 0 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 0 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 0-9 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 0-9 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 0-9 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 62 |
| Spot-Energy | 62 |
| Spot-Valance | 84 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 80-89 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Genre 2 | Hip-Hop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Alternative Rock |