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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Pick up the pieces |
| Artist | The Average White Band |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | AWB |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:54 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1974 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Instrumental |
| BPM | 107 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 105-109 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Fm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Skip Measure |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | ❌ |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Late start - extra measure |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/MfAJLGFWxYo?t=145 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Tenor Sax |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | EG |
| Instr 2 | BASS GUITAR |
| Instr 3 | BRASS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best R&B Instrumental Performance |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/averagewhiteband/pickupthepieces.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Alan Gorrie |
| Author 2 | Hamish Stuart |
| Author 3 | Roger Ball |
| Author 4 | Owen McIntyre |
| Author 5 | Malcolm Duncan |
| Author 6 | Robbie McIntosh |
| Author 7 | Karl Twigg |
| Author 8 | Mark Topham |
| Author 9 | Mark Mbathu |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A jigsaw puzzle |
| Explanation | ✱ An instrumental reminder to keep going and rebuild after things fall apart. |
| MTag 1 | Resilience |
| MTag 2 | Groove |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | i-i-i-i-IV-IV-i-i |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-IV-IV-V-i-i |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 3 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, IV, V |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| 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 | ![]() |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 77 |
| Spot-Energy | 86 |
| Spot-Valance | 76 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 70-79 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Funk |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Jazz Funk |



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