Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Too shy |
| Artist | Kajagoogoo |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | Now That's What I Call Music |
| Basics ▾ | |
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| Duration | 3:41 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1983 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 108 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 105-109 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Dm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | UK Singles |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Certification | BPI - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kajagoogoo/tooshy.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Steven Askew |
| Author 2 | Nick Beggs |
| Author 3 | Christopher Hamill |
| Author 4 | Stuart Neale |
| Author 5 | Jeremy Strode |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ Youre too shy / You just dont let it show |
| Explanation | ✱ Social anxiety framed as a physical screen or barrier hiding the 'true self'. |
| MTag 1 | Body:Spirit:Mind |
| MTag 2 | Society:Comm:NonVerbal |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
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| Mode 1 | Aeolian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, iv - Minor, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hnph2UC75SlCfQdVpF2rZ?si=7bb6f0b4584f4140 |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9Thpm4gjTBNITt7umbhs-1v8 |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 43 |
| Mel Cmplx | 63 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 56 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 40 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 96 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 40-49 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 90+ |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 70 |
| Spot-Energy | 87 |
| Spot-Valance | 66 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 60-69 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Synth Pop |
| Style 2 | New Wave |