Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Sexual healing |
| Artist | Marvin Gaye |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Midnight love |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:58 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 94 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 090-094 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Eb |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | TTB |
| Voc Info 3 | With BGV lyrics |
| 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 | EP |
| Instr 3 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best Male R&B Vocal Performance |
| Awards 2 | Grammy - Best R&B Instrumental Performance |
| Awards 3 | AMA - Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song |
| Awards 4 | ASCAP - Pop Music Award |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Rhythm & Blues Song |
| Chart Type | US Hot Black Singles |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/marvingaye/sexualhealing.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | ⚠️ |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Marvin Gaye |
| Author 2 | Odell Brown |
| Author 3 | David Ritz |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A warm medicine |
| Explanation | ✱ Using physical connection as a way to soothe emotional and mental stress. |
| MTag 1 | Intimacy |
| MTag 2 | Comfort |
| MTag 3 | Body:Person |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | V-vi-IV-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | V-vi-IV-I, ii-iii-IV-IV/V-I |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V-vi |
| Used Chords# Fam | 7 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, III, iii, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 14 |
| Mel Cmplx | 63 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 85 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 14 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 64 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 10-19 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 60-69 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 81 |
| Spot-Energy | 60 |
| Spot-Valance | 74 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 70-79 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Greatest Hits (Marvin Gaye) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zWGAiWtWShyqsNidkpx-OQLQFKDvmakV/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 41 (Greatest Hits (Marvin Gaye)) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Soul |
| Genre 2 | Funk |
| Genre 3 | R&B |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Post Disco |