Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | American pie |
| Artist | Don McLean |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | American pie |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 8:36 |
| Dur Grp | 6:00+ |
| Year | 1971 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 139 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 135-139 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | G |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Without intro |
| Rec Tag 2 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 3 | Without constant BPM |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| 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 |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | Grammy - Hall of Fame Award |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
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| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/donmclean/americanpie.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Rhyme 1 | ABBA |
| Rhyme 2 | AABB |
| Author 1 | Don McLean |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ The day the music died |
| Explanation | ✱ Represents the loss of innocence for an entire generation as the literal death of music itself. |
| MTag 1 | Loss |
| MTag 2 | Nostalgia |
| MTag 3 | Cultural shift |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-V/VII-vi-ii-IV-vi, I-ii-IV-ii |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-IV-I-V |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
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| Ch Complex | 32 |
| Mel Cmplx | 55 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 56 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 29 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 73 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 30-39 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 53 |
| Spot-Energy | 48 |
| Spot-Valance | 49 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 40-49 |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Folk |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Folk Rock |