Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | The way it is |
| Artist | Bruce Hornsby & the Range |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | The way it is |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:57 |
| Dur Grp | 4:30-4:59 |
| Year | 1986 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 112 |
| BPM Grp | 110-114 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | G |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| 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 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
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| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/WyYC9qRlJxY?t=135 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
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| Solo Instrument 1 | Piano |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | SYNTH |
| Instr 3 | EG |
| Strings | No Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ASCAP - Most Performed Song |
| Nominations 1 | MTV VMA - Best New Artist in a Video |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | BPI - Gold |
| Awards Won | ASCAP - Most Performed Song |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucehornsby/thewayitis.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Bruce Hornsby |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A line in the sand / A concrete wall |
| Explanation | ✱ Social exclusion and racism are portrayed as a drawn line or a wall that 'just exists,' causing people to passively accept injustice as an unchangeable phenomenon. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Civil:Law |
| MTag 2 | Society:Social:Identity |
| MTag 3 | Irony |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | ii-vi-V-IV-I-V-IV-IV |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-bVII-IV |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | ii, vi, V, IV, I, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian No7 |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, IV - Major |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5iWy9061MNd9aXX6QIjZ9y?si=4PThOQ1wS4GBxsPWOkh3RQ |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd6Ov6WracDM |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 59 |
| Mel Cmplx | 16 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 30 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 60 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 60 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 50-59 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 60-69 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 58 |
| Spot-Energy | 69 |
| Spot-Valance | 53 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 50-59 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Soft Rock |