Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Piano Man |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Piano man |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5:39 |
| Dur Grp | 5:30-5:59 |
| Year | 1973 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 59 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 055-059 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | C |
| Time | 12/8 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Date/Time related songs |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/gxEPV4kolz0?t=205 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Piano |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | HARMONICA |
| Instr 3 | MANDOLINE |
| Instr 4 | ACCORDION |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 25 |
| Certification | RIAA - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/pianoman.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Billy Joel |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A lighthouse in a lonely harbor |
| Explanation | ✱ A storyteller observing the shared isolation of patrons in a neighborhood bar. |
| MTag 1 | Community |
| MTag 2 | Loneliness |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-iii/VII-vi-I/V-IV-I/III-II-V, I-iii/VII-vi-I/V-IV-IV/V-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | vi-vi/V-II/#IV-IV, vi-vi/V-II/#IV-II-V, V-V/IV-I/III-V/II-I |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 7 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, iii, 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 ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 68 |
| Mel Cmplx | 70 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 74 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 69 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 96 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 60-69 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 90+ |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 33 |
| Spot-Energy | 55 |
| Spot-Valance | 43 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 40-49 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Greatest Hits, volume I and volume II (Billy Joel) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ENGxqHoX9fYqtGwv-8uT23ktvglhP1qS/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 4 (Greatest Hits, volume I and volume II) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Genre 2 | Singer/Songwriter |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |
| Style 2 | Folk Rock |