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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | On a plain |
| Artist | Nirvana |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Nevermind |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:14 |
| Dur Grp | 3:00-3:29 |
| Year | 1991 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 133 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 130-134 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | D |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 25 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nirvana/onaplain.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Kurt Cobain |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A flat landscape |
| Explanation | ✱ A 'plain' symbolizes a mental state of numbness or lack of direction where all thoughts feel leveled and dull. |
| MTag 1 | Body:Mind |
| MTag 2 | Boredom |
| MTag 3 | Emptiness |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Used Chords# Fam | 0 |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 2 | Aeolian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode 2 Chrds | i - Minor, iv - Minor, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | Yes |
| Mode 2 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hnph2UC75SlCfQdVpF2rZ?si=7bb6f0b4584f4140 |
| YT Mode 2 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9Thpm4gjTBNITt7umbhs-1v8 |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 89 |
| Mel Cmplx | 91 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 94 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 71 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 87 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 80-89 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 90+ |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 90+ |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 80-89 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 43 |
| Spot-Energy | 95 |
| Spot-Valance | 36 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 90+ |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 30-39 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Nevermind (Nirvana) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tap8U_90b92JxZhnl3VG3AP84fEh9CQf/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 55 (Nevermind) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Grunge |



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