Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | I can only imagine |
| Artist | MercyMe |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Almost there |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:08 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 2001 |
| Decade | 2000-2009 |
| Content | Christian |
| BPM | 80 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 080-084 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | E |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
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| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | AG |
| Strings Arranger 1 | ❓ |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Dove - Song of the Year |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Hot Christian Songs |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mercyme/icanonlyimagine.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Rhyme 1 | ABB |
| Rhyme 2 | XAXA |
| Author 1 | Bart Millard |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A blinded eye |
| Explanation | ✱ An encounter with the divine is portrayed as a light so bright that earthly sight fails and the imagination 'blinds.' |
| MTag 1 | Body:Senses:Vision |
| MTag 2 | Awakening |
| MTag 3 | Religion |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-I-IV-IV-I-I-IV-IV |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-V-I-I-IV-V-I-I |
| Ch Prog B | IV-V-I-I, IV-V-vi-vi |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 4 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 42 |
| Spot-Energy | 60 |
| Spot-Valance | 17 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 10-19 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | The Contemporary Christian Book (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a3JUDmAZC-8UaY4kEvG0TRQAnc5rpuiX/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 221 (The Contemporary Christian Book) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Genre 2 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Christian Pop |