Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | The longest time |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | An innocent man |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:37 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1984 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 86 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 085-089 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Eb |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Ending Fade out |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Without intro |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | SAT |
| Voc Info 4 | With BGV oo/aa |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | Fourth Down |
| Mod (Temp) 2 | Fourth Up |
| Mod T Type 1 | Near Key |
| Mod T Type 2 | Near Key |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | Fourth Down, Fourth Up |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | VOCALS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Adult Contemporary |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/thelongesttime.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Billy Joel |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A frozen clock |
| Explanation | ✱ A period of loneliness before a new love is portrayed as a standstill in time that finally moves again. |
| MTag 1 | Time:Duration |
| MTag 2 | Joy |
| MTag 3 | Romance |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-I/VII-vi-I/V-IV |
| Ch Prog PC | III-vi-V/VII-I |
| Ch Prog C | I-V-I/III-IV |
| Ch Prog B | I-ii-III-IV, vi-II-V-I |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Progr Category 2 | I-IV-V-vi |
| 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 | 43 |
| Mel Cmplx | 77 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 38 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 38 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 91 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 40-49 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 30-39 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 90+ |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 64 |
| Spot-Energy | 33 |
| Spot-Valance | 59 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 50-59 |
| 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 | 123 (Greatest Hits, volume I and volume II) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Doo-wop |
| Style 2 | Vocal Pop |
| Style 3 | A cappella |