Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Never can say goodbye |
| Artist | Gloria Gaynor |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Never can say goodbye |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6:18 |
| Dur Grp | 6:00+ |
| Year | 1971 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 127 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 125-129 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Does not start on I |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major > Minor |
| Rec Tag 3 | Minor > Major |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | SSA |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/vQn4fFd8p-8?t=202 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
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| Solo Instrument 1 | Strings Section |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Instr 2 | BRASS |
| Instr 3 | BASS GUITAR |
| Instr 4 | PERCUSSION |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Harold Wheeler |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67LPPurKbx1erbKRRbIN35?si=56AcFFapRCOQu5OjBsIsGw |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Certification | BPI - Silver |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gloriagaynor/nevercansaygoodbye.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Clifton Davis |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ Every time I think Ive had enough / It starts to happen again |
| Explanation | ✱ The inability to physically distance yourself from a harmful relationship. |
| MTag 1 | Body:Action:Movement |
| MTag 2 | Attachment |
| MTag 3 | Cycle |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 61 |
| Spot-Energy | 89 |
| Spot-Valance | 78 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 70-79 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Disco |
| Genre 2 | R&B |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | ❌ |