Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | I wanna dance with somebody |
| Artist | Whitney Houston |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Whitney |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:51 |
| Dur Grp | 4:30-4:59 |
| Year | 1987 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 120 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 120-124 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Gb |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | 2nd voice add (male) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | Whole Up |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Start YT Mod | https://youtu.be/eH3giaIzONA?t=215 |
| Spot Mod | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6w2GsZbZIu0DSLrAbo8svQ?si=rATQbKu4Q5Ks8fV7brPxzg |
| Mod P Type 1 | Pump Up (TrDrMod) |
| Mod P Cat 1 | Jump |
| Mod (Perm) | Whole Up |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | INTERLUDE |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | SYNTH BASS |
| Instr 2 | SYNTH |
| Instr 3 | PERCUSSION |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | AMA - Favorite Pop/Rock Single |
| Awards 2 | Grammy - Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female) |
| Nominations 1 | STMA - Best Music Video |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/whitneyhouston/iwannadancewithsomebody.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Shannon Rubicam |
| Author 2 | George Robert Merrill |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A heat / Fire |
| Explanation | ✱ The longing for company is portrayed as an inner fire that can only be fueled (or extinguished) by the presence of another. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Fire |
| MTag 2 | Loneliness |
| MTag 3 | Passion |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | V-V-vi-vi |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-I-I-I-vi-vi-IV-ii |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 7 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, iii, IV, V, VI, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 23 |
| Mel Cmplx | 46 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 28 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 36 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 65 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 60-69 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 71 |
| Spot-Energy | 82 |
| Spot-Valance | 87 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 80-89 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | The Greatest Hits (Whitney Houston) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yip26U22Ttan9L7cybS0NBOOHkm3QIsa/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 182 (The Greatest Hits) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | R&B |
| Genre 2 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Dance Pop |