Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Hound dog |
| Artist | Elvis Presley |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Hound Dog |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2:13 |
| Dur Grp | 2:00-2:29 |
| Year | 1953 |
| Decade | 1950-1959 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 180 |
| BPM Grp | 180-184 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Without intro |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Without a Bridge |
| Rec Tag 4 | Without a Verse |
| Rec Tag 5 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| 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/rcU4Ld5phTU?t=48 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Keys |
| Solo Instrument 2 | Guitar (Electric) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | DRUMS |
| Instr 2 | BASS GUITAR |
| Instr 3 | EG |
| Instr 4 | VOCALS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Hall of Fame Award |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/elvispresley/hounddog.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Mike Stoller |
| Author 2 | Jerry Leiber |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ You ain't nothin' but a hound dog / Cryin' all the time |
| Explanation | ✱ Someone who constantly complains and is useless is compared to an untrained hunting dog. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Life:Animal |
| MTag 2 | Society:Civil:Status |
| MTag 3 | Identity |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | ❌ |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I, V-IV-I-I |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 3 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, IV, V |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 1 |
| Mel Cmplx | 96 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 97 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 3 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 22 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 0-9 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 90+ |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 90+ |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 0-9 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 20-29 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 34 |
| Spot-Energy | 88 |
| Spot-Valance | 94 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 90+ |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | The complete Songbook (Elvis Presley) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AvQ5OTSBKpRVDq-7rVkwKfiLVSaG9DJY/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 98 (The complete Songbook) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rockabilly |
| Genre 2 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Rock and Roll |