Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | If you could read my mind |
| Artist | Gordon Lightfoot |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | Canada |
| Album | Sit down young stranger |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:48 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1970 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 125 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 125-129 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | A |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Non Chord note(s) |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 4 | 3rd + sus4 |
| Rec Tag 5 | Without a Bridge |
| Rec Tag 6 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| 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 ▾ | |
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| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/jiU2lrGnT7U?t=88 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Strings Section |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Nick DeCaro |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3G1w1uvHWuYgaSr2y35NQi?si=W9Zs3GPzRWmZjdStDswGgA |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 5 |
| Certification | ARIA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gordonlightfoot/ifyoucouldreadmymind.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Gordon Lightfoot |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ If you could read my mind ✱ love / What a tale my thoughts would tell |
| Explanation | ✱ Visualizing thoughts as the printed text of a book that can be read by someone else. |
| MTag 1 | Body:Mind |
| MTag 2 | Society:Comm:Media |
| MTag 3 | Story |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-bVII-I-bVII, I-I-IV-V-vi-IV-I, IV-I/III-ii-V-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-I-IV-V-vi-IV-I, IV-I/III-ii-V/VII-vi-IV-I |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-ii-IV-V |
| Progr Category 2 | I-ii-IV-V-vi |
| Progr Category 3 | I-IV-V-vi |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, IV, V, vi, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
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| Spot-Dance | 61 |
| Spot-Energy | 24 |
| Spot-Valance | 22 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 20-29 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 20-29 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Genre 2 | Folk |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Folk Rock |
| Style 2 | Soft Rock |