Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | The living years |
| Artist | Mike + The Mechanics |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | Living years |
| Basics ▾ | |
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| Duration | 5:32 |
| Dur Grp | 5:30-5:59 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 98 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 095-099 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Ab |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| 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 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | Ad Lib (male) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
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| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | EG |
| Instr 2 | SYNTH |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | Ivor Novello Award - Best Song Musically and Lyrically |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 2 | Grammy - Song of the Year |
| Nominations 3 | Grammy - Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals |
| Nominations 4 | Grammy - Best Video (Short Form) |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | BPI - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mikethemechanics/thelivingyears.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Michael Rutherford |
| Author 2 | Brian David Robertson |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A one-way street / A ghost |
| Explanation | ✱ Communication between father and son is portrayed as a disappearing chance; words not said remain as ghosts lingering around. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Travel:Path |
| MTag 2 | Time:Past |
| MTag 3 | Regret |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | ❌ |
| Ch Prog PC | bVII-ii-V-I |
| Ch Prog C | I-IV-ii-V |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-ii-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 5 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, IV, V, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
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| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 53 |
| Spot-Energy | 43 |
| Spot-Valance | 28 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 20-29 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Soft Rock |