Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Now and forever |
| Artist | Richard Marx |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Paid vacation |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:34 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1994 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 78 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 075-079 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | G |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Wedding |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Minor / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 4 | Refrain |
| Rec Tag 5 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV oo/aa |
| Voc Info 3 | No BGV harmony |
| 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/OeDiK2uy3DU?t=136 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Instr 3 | MANDOLINE |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Dick Marx |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gPcrXn0hTh86uDUBmppv9?si=9DSHA0TCTHS8lH1pad0vrQ |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ASCAP - Most Performed Song |
| Nominations 1 | BMA - Top Adult Contemporary Track |
| Chart Type | Adult Contemporary |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/richardmarx/nowandforever.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Richard Marx |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ The ocean between us |
| Explanation | ✱ Visualizing emotional distance in a relationship as an unbridgeable physical body of water. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Water |
| MTag 2 | Society:Travel:Distance |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-V/VII-vi-vi, ii-vi/V-V/VII-V/VII, IV-IV-III-III-vi-vi/V-IV/#IV |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | ii-ii-IV/V-V-I |
| Ch Prog B | vi-IV-I-V, vi-IV-I-V/VII, ii-ii-iv-iv |
| Progr Category 1 | I-ii-IV-V |
| Progr Category 2 | I-IV-V-vi |
| Used Chords# Fam | 8 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, III, IV, iv, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 44 |
| Spot-Energy | 26 |
| Spot-Valance | 17 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 20-29 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 10-19 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | 100 Pop Hits of the 90s (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAdPw2lYasLcdbjIPnKWXsjwsevBPTrj/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 258 (100 Pop Hits of the 90s) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |
| Style 2 | Adult Contemporary |
| Style 3 | Ballad |