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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Again |
| Artist | Janet Jackson |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Janet |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:47 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1993 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 65 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 065-069 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Without BGV |
| Voc Info 2 | Lead (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 | PIANO |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Lee Blaske |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CX2Y1nKqCW0mXJgOCP0TQ?si=ZHh14AwwT761ziqABcnWaA |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | BMI - Most Performed Song |
| Nominations 1 | Academy Award - Best Original Song |
| Nominations 2 | Golden Globe Award - Best Original Song |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/janetjackson/again.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Terry Lewis |
| Author 2 | James Samuel Harris |
| Author 3 | Janet Jackson |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ I heard from a friend you were back in town |
| Explanation | ✱ Represents 'returning' not just as a physical arrival, but as the reopening of an emotional chapter. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Travel:Return |
| MTag 2 | Body:Soul |
| MTag 3 | Memory |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-V-vi-IV |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | ❌ |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V-vi |
| Used Chords# Fam | 9 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, III, IV, V, VI, vi, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | No Chorus |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 64 |
| Mel Cmplx | 9 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 17 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 50 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 84 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 60-69 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 0-9 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 80-89 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 36 |
| Spot-Energy | 29 |
| Spot-Valance | 19 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 20-29 |
| 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 | 18 (100 Pop Hits of the 90s) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Genre 2 | R&B |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Ballad |
| Style 2 | Adult Contemporary |



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