Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | The river |
| Artist | Garth Brooks |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Ropin' the Wind |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:32 |
| Dur Grp | 4:30-4:59 |
| Year | 1991 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 76 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 075-079 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | E |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Irregular measure |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending on Tonic |
| Rec Tag 4 | Add Measure |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | SAT |
| Voc Info 4 | A cappella |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | PIANO |
| Instr 3 | STEEL GUITAR |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | AMA - Favorite Country Single |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 2 | Grammy - Best Rock Song |
| Nominations 3 | MTV EMA - Best Video |
| Nominations 4 | MTV VMA - Best Rock Video |
| Chart Type | Hot Country Songs |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/garthbrooks/theriver.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Garth Brooks |
| Author 2 | Victoria Shaw |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A dream-vessel |
| Explanation | ✱ A person's dreams are compared to a ship on a river; one must dare to navigate the current to get somewhere. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Elements:Water |
| MTag 2 | Society:Travel:Journey |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-I-IV/I-I-IV-I/III-ii-V, I-IV/I-I-I-vi-IV |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-IV/I-I-I-IV/I-I, IV-I/III-ii-V |
| Ch Prog B | vi-IV-I-IV, ii-I/III-IV-V |
| Progr Category 1 | I-ii-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 5 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, 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 |  |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 36 |
| Spot-Energy | 43 |
| Spot-Valance | 43 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 40-49 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | 100 Pop Hits of the 90s (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAdPw2lYasLcdbjIPnKWXsjwsevBPTrj/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 296 (100 Pop Hits of the 90s) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Country |
| Genre 2 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Country Pop |
| Style 2 | Ballad |