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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Truly |
| Artist | Lionel Richie |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Lionel Richie |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:20 |
| Dur Grp | 3:00-3:29 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 69 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 065-069 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | Db |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Without a Bridge |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Minor / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 4 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 5 | Single voice strings |
| Rec Tag 6 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | HARP |
| Strings Arranger 1 | James Anthony Carmichael |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7KRL0FKLzWzEQCq9AROvvy?si=gPIVZYrIT2ipZJ6lBSPFuw |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lionelrichie/truly.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Lionel Richie |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ I'll be your cloud up in the sky |
| Explanation | ✱ Sacrificing oneself into an atmospheric element that surrounds or protects the other. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Cosmic:Clouds |
| MTag 2 | Nature:Cosmic:Sky |
| MTag 3 | Love |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-iii/VII-iv/bVII-VI |
| Ch Prog PC | IV-iii-IV-iii, IV-iii-ii-V |
| Ch Prog C | I-I-IV-IV/V, I-I-IV-I/III-ii-I |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 7 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, iii, IV, V, 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 | 37 |
| Spot-Energy | 24 |
| Spot-Valance | 13 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 20-29 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 10-19 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Lionel Richie Anthology (Lionel Richie) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oB-DvCsISBHtDalqj7A40BtYRRh0LXfk/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | Best Fake Book Ever (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YR_wlEGAV7UKoFdX_IMLGSirH6vPvL7a/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 757 (Best Fake Book Ever) |
| SB Page 2 | 154 (Lionel Richie Anthology) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |



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