Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Locked out of heaven |
| Artist | Bruno Mars |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Unorthodox jukebox |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:53 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 2012 |
| Decade | 2010-2019 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 144 |
| BPM Grp | 140-144 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Dm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Sites ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Score | https://drive.google.com/file/d/14LwpD098afpuffeyanh4qyIvlbuvyKXd/view?usp=drive_link |
| MIDI | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i2T9Yh0XRlSuYvbnd2s_5vk6QeZPoX1u/view?usp=drive_link |
| Chords | https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/bruno-mars/locked-out-of-heaven-chords-1188101 |
| Download Midi Link | https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1i2T9Yh0XRlSuYvbnd2s_5vk6QeZPoX1u |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked_Out_of_Heaven |
| Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/track/3w3y8KPTfNeOKPiqUTakBh?si=75481dcb49c746fe |
| Songfacts | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/Bruno-Mars/Locked-out-of-heaven |
| Multitrack | https://www.karaoke-versie.nl/custombackingtrack/bruno-mars/locked-out-of-heaven.html |
| HookTheory | https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/bruno-mars/locked-out-of-heaven |
| Youtube | https://youtu.be/e-fA-gBCkj0 |
| Apple Music | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/locked-out-of-heaven/572179973 |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Common Time > Half Time |
| Rec Tag 3 | Half Time > Common Time |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | 2nd voice add (male) |
| Voc Info 3 | TTB |
| Voc Info 4 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | SYNTH |
| Strings | No Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | MTV EMA - Best Song |
| Nominations 1 | BMA - Top Pop Song of the Year |
| Nominations 2 | BMA - Top Radio Song |
| Nominations 3 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 4 | Grammy - Song of the Year |
| Nominations 5 | Grammy - Best Remixed Recording (Non-Classical) |
| Nominations 6 | TCA - Male Artist |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Diamond | 💎 |
| Certification | RIAA - Diamond |
| Awards Won | MTV EMA - Best Song |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brunomars/lockedoutofheaven.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | ⚠️ |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Bruno Mars |
| Author 2 | Ari Levine |
| Author 3 | Philip Lawrence |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ But swimming in your water is something spiritual ✱ Locked out of heaven |
| Explanation | ✱ swimming / spiritual (A physical/romantic experience that goes so deep it takes on a religious dimension). ✱ Locked out (The feeling of exclusion from a state of ultimate happiness or ecstasy). |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Water |
| MTag 2 | Religion |
| MTag 3 | Devotion |
| MTag 4 | Intimacy |
| MTag 5 | Society:Built:Structures |
| MTag 6 | Exclusion |
| MTag 7 | Desire |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | ❌ |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-ii-I-V |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-ii-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, bIII, iv, V, bVI, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Aeolian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, iv - Minor, v - Minor |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hnph2UC75SlCfQdVpF2rZ?si=7bb6f0b4584f4140 |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9Thpm4gjTBNITt7umbhs-1v8 |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 25 |
| Mel Cmplx | 79 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 86 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 22 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 76 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 73 |
| Spot-Energy | 70 |
| Spot-Valance | 87 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 80-89 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Chart Hits of 2012-2013 (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xbpXZyltiBMr4kTDLEhnQcyGoxhHNnJF/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 85 (Chart Hits of 2012-2013) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Reggae Rock |
| Style 2 | Pop Rock |


