Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Exhale (shoop shoop) |
| Artist | Whitney Houston |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Waiting to exhale (soundtrack) |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:24 |
| Dur Grp | 3:00-3:29 |
| Year | 1995 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 69 |
| BPM Grp | 065-069 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | Db |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Movie |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | VOCALS |
| Instr 2 | DRUMS |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Jeremy Lubbock |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3xIpOBnH8q25lDwLZgwwYP?si=9a90943f9773416f |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best R&B Song |
| Awards 2 | STMA - Best R&B/Soul Single - Female |
| Nominations 1 | STMA - R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year |
| Nominations 2 | MTV VMA - Best Song from a Movie |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Awards Won | Grammy - Best R&B Song, STMA - Best R&B/Soul Single - Female |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/whitneyhouston/exhaleshoopshoop.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Rhyme 1 | XAXA |
| Author 1 | Lisa Lopes |
| Author 2 | Kenneth Edmonds |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ You should look inside yourself ✱ You're halfway there |
| Explanation | ✱ The search for answers and strength is directed toward the core of one's own being. ✱ Recognition of progress within a process or path of personal growth. |
| MTag 1 | Identity |
| MTag 2 | Introspection |
| MTag 3 | Growth |
| MTag 4 | Society:Travel:Journey |
| MTag 5 | Transition |
| MTag 6 | Persistence |
| Chords ▾ | |
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| Ch Prog V | IV-I/III-ii-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-I/III-ii-I |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | IV, I, ii, III, vi, V |
| CHORD C = V | Identical |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
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| Ch Complex | 52 |
| Mel Cmplx | 46 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 9 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 40 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 93 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 50-59 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 0-9 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 90+ |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 66 |
| Spot-Energy | 39 |
| Spot-Valance | 11 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 10-19 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | 100 Pop Hits of the 90s (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAdPw2lYasLcdbjIPnKWXsjwsevBPTrj/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 72 (100 Pop Hits of the 90s) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Soul |
| Genre 2 | R&B |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Ballad |
| Style 2 | Contemporary R&B |