Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | The scientist |
| Artist | Coldplay |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | A rush of blood to the head |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5:09 |
| Dur Grp | 5:00-5:29 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Decade | 2000-2009 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 73 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 070-074 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | F |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Does not start on I |
| Rec Tag 3 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV oo/aa |
| Voc Info 3 | 2nd voice add (male) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | INTERLUDE |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | AG |
| Instr 3 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Audrey Riley |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ZBIGB8fnrx3JBJz4Cphp9?si=Hj8k7GY7SNG60sb0QesOKQ |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | MTV VMA - Best Group Video |
| Awards 2 | MTV VMA - Best Breakthrough Video |
| Awards 3 | MTV VMA - Best Direction |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Short Form Music Video |
| Nominations 2 | NME - Best Single |
| Chart Type | Adult Alternative Songs |
| Chart Position | 5 |
| Certification | RIAA - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/coldplay/thescientist.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Will Champion |
| Author 2 | Chris Martin |
| Author 3 | Jonny Buckland |
| Author 4 | Guy Berryman |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A mathematical puzzle |
| Explanation | ✱ Love is compared to a scientific problem that cannot be solved with logic or numbers. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Math |
| MTag 2 | Regret |
| MTag 3 | Logic |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | vi-IV-I-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-I-IV-I-V |
| Ch Prog B | vi-IV-I-I |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 4 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, 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 | 39 |
| Mel Cmplx | 27 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 45 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 58 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 0 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 30-39 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 0-9 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 56 |
| Spot-Energy | 44 |
| Spot-Valance | 21 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 20-29 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | A rush of blood to the head (Coldplay) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lM_qCNPsBCH7cQw3beIE4oVyKvg6xAuZ/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 18 (A rush of blood to the head) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Alternative Rock |
| Style 2 | Piano Rock |
| Style 3 | Power Ballad |