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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Blinding lights |
| Artist | The Weeknd |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | Canada |
| Album | After hours |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:20 |
| Dur Grp | 3:00-3:29 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Decade | 2020-2029 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 171 |
| BPM Grp | 170-174 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Eb |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Ending on V |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Does not start on I |
| 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 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/4NRXx6U8ABQ?t=161 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Keys |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | SYNTH |
| Instr 2 | SYNTH BASS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ASCAP - Pop Music Award |
| Awards 2 | BMA - Top Hot 100 Song |
| Awards 3 | BMA - Top Radio Song |
| Awards 4 | BMA - Top R&B Song |
| Awards 5 | Juno - Single of the Year |
| Awards 6 | iHRMA - Song of the Year |
| Awards 7 | MTV VMA - Video of the Year |
| Awards 8 | MTV VMA - Best R&B Video |
| Nominations 1 | AMA - Favorite Music Video |
| Nominations 2 | AMA - Favorite Pop/Rock Song |
| Nominations 3 | iHRMA - Best Lyrics |
| Nominations 4 | iHRMA - Best Music Video |
| Nominations 5 | BMA - Top Selling Song |
| Nominations 6 | MTV EMA - Best Song |
| Nominations 7 | MTV EMA - Best Video |
| Nominations 8 | MTV VMA - Song of the Summer |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Diamond | 💎 |
| Certification | RIAA - Diamond |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weeknd/blindinglights.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Abel Tesfaye |
| Author 2 | Oscar Thomas Holter |
| Author 3 | Ahmad Balshe |
| Author 4 | Martin Karl Sandberg |
| Author 5 | Jason Quenneville |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ This city's cold and empty |
| Explanation | ✱ Uses the temperature and lack of inhabitants in a city to represent profound emotional loneliness in a crowded world. |
| MTag 1 | Cold |
| MTag 2 | Isolation |
| MTag 3 | Society:Built:Home |
| MTag 4 | Mood |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | iv-i-bIII-bVII |
| Ch Prog PC | iv-i-bIII-bVII |
| Ch Prog C | iv-i-bIII-bVII |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | bIII |
| Used Chords# Fam | 4 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, bIII, iv, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Identical |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 26 |
| Mel Cmplx | 66 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 62 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 32 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 62 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 60-69 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 51 |
| Spot-Energy | 73 |
| Spot-Valance | 33 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 30-39 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Synth Pop |
| Style 2 | New Wave |
| Style 3 | Electropop |
| Style 4 | Synthwave |


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