Song Details
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| Song Title | You want it darker |
| Artist | Leonard Cohen |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | Canada |
| Album | You Want It Darker |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:44 |
| Dur Grp | 4:30-4:59 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Decade | 2010-2019 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 84 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 080-084 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Em |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best Rock Performance |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs |
| Chart Position | 22 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
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| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonardcohen/youwantitdarker.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Patrick Leonard |
| Author 2 | Leonard Cohen |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ The dealer and the game |
| Explanation | ✱ Serving as a solemn spiritual swan song, Cohen offers a dark, heavy dialogue with fate and mortality, balancing critique of human suffering with ultimate submission. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Spiritual |
| MTag 2 | Time:Mortality |
| MTag 3 | Submission |
| Chords ▾ | |
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| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
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| 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 |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 67 |
| Spot-Energy | 33 |
| Spot-Valance | 49 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 40-49 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Genre 2 | Folk |
| Genre 3 | Blues |
| Genre 4 | Singer/Songwriter |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Spoken Word |
| Style 2 | Alternative/Indie |
| Style 3 | Folk Rock |
| Production ▾ | |
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| Producer | Adam Cohen |
| Drums | Rob Humphreys |
| Bass | Patrick Leonard |
| Organ | Patrick Leonard |
| Lead_Vocal | Leonard Cohen |