Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | The air that I breathe |
| Artist | The Hollies |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | Love songs |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:04 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1972 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 85 BPM Spotify BPM YouTube |
| BPM Grp | 085-089 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Ending Fade out |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | TTB |
| Voc Info 3 | With BGV lyrics |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Quick start - skip measure |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/7duPNQCp-w4?si=VTqaJNxU9vz6BnAC?t=128 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Guitar (Electric) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | EG |
| Instr 2 | AG |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Chris Gunning |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gEWTRqKyHV038p3jc88nR?si=5cj7_B45R9evfMIP2OGhOA |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | UK Singles |
| Chart Position | 2 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/hollies/theairthatibreathe.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Albert Louis Hammond |
| Author 2 | Mike Hazlewood |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ Oxygen |
| Explanation | ✱ The partner is portrayed as a biological necessity; without them, the singer's 'life support' would fail. |
| MTag 1 | Body:Senses:Breath |
| MTag 2 | Necessity |
| MTag 3 | Love |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-I-III-III-IV-iv-I-I |
| Ch Prog PC | iii-iii-iv-I |
| Ch Prog C | I-I-V-I, I-V-v-IV-I-V |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 8 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, III, iii, IV, iv, V, v, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 28 |
| Mel Cmplx | 85 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 41 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 44 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 28 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 20-29 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 28 |
| Spot-Energy | 40 |
| Spot-Valance | 27 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 20-29 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 20-29 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Best Fake Book Ever (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YR_wlEGAV7UKoFdX_IMLGSirH6vPvL7a/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 31 (Best Fake Book Ever) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |
| Style 2 | Pop Rock |
| Style 3 | Power Ballad |