Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Emotions |
| Artist | Mariah Carey |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Emotions |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:08 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1991 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 115 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 115-119 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Break |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending Band out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | SSA |
| Voc Info 4 | Ad Lib (female) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | PERCUSSION |
| Instr 2 | PIANO |
| Instr 3 | SYNTH BASS |
| Instr 4 | VOCALS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | BMI - R&B Award |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mariahcarey/emotions.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Robert Manuel Clivilles |
| Author 2 | Mariah Carey |
| Author 3 | David Bryon Cole |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A rising tide / Cloud |
| Explanation | ✱ Describes intense feelings as physical forces that lift the singer up or pull them into an 'ocean' of sensation. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Water |
| MTag 2 | Body:Senses |
| MTag 3 | Joy |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | IV-iii-vi |
| Ch Prog PC | vi-III/#V-vi-II, ii-iii-IV/V |
| Ch Prog C | IV-iii-vi, IV-III-vi, v-I-IV-iii-vi |
| Ch Prog B | bVII/I-IV/I-I-I, bVII-IV-III-III |
| Used Chords# Fam | 10 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, III, iii, IV, V, v, vi, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian No7 |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, IV - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5iWy9061MNd9aXX6QIjZ9y?si=4PThOQ1wS4GBxsPWOkh3RQ |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd6Ov6WracDM |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 78 |
| Mel Cmplx | 65 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 52 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 86 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 70 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 70-79 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 74 |
| Spot-Energy | 75 |
| Spot-Valance | 94 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 90+ |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | R&B |
| Genre 2 | Dance |
| Genre 3 | House |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Post Disco |
| Style 2 | Dance Pop |



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