Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | You should be dancing |
| Artist | The Bee Gees |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | Saturday night fever |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:13 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 125 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 125-129 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Gm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | TTB |
| 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/_JoZS6LgqYI?t=92 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Horn Section |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | BRASS |
| Instr 2 | VOCALS |
| Instr 3 | PERCUSSION |
| Instr 4 | EG |
| Instr 5 | EP |
| Strings Arranger 1 | 🎧 |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beegees/youshouldbedancing.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Barry Gibb |
| Author 2 | Robin Gibb |
| Author 3 | Maurice Gibb |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A burning fever |
| Explanation | ✱ The urge to dance is portrayed as a physical heat or 'fever' that must be expressed through motion. |
| MTag 1 | Body |
| MTag 2 | Action:Movement |
| MTag 3 | Energy |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | i-i-i-i |
| Ch Prog PC | iv-iv-iv-iv |
| Ch Prog C | i-i-i-i |
| Ch Prog B | i-ii-i-i |
| Used Chords# Fam | 3 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, ii, iv |
| CHORD C = V | Identical |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Aeolian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, iv - Minor, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hnph2UC75SlCfQdVpF2rZ?si=7bb6f0b4584f4140 |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9Thpm4gjTBNITt7umbhs-1v8 |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 45 |
| Mel Cmplx | 46 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 85 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 40 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 71 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 40-49 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 68 |
| Spot-Energy | 69 |
| Spot-Valance | 96 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 90+ |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Saturday night fever (Various Artists) |
| SB Page 1 | 40 (Saturday night fever) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Disco |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Stomping Rhythm |