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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | At seventeen |
| Artist | Janis Ian |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Between the lines |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:41 |
| Dur Grp | 4:30-4:59 |
| Year | 1975 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 120 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 120-124 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Date/Time related songs |
| Rec Tag 2 | Without a Bridge |
| Rec Tag 3 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 4 | Double Bass |
| Rec Tag 5 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 6 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | Minor Third Down |
| Mod (Temp) 2 | Minor Third Up |
| Mod T Type 1 | Relative/Parallel Combination |
| Mod T Type 2 | Relative Minor > Major |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | Minor Third Down, Minor Third Up |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/k39P2MK6WPo?t=147 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Horn Section |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | BASS GUITAR |
| Instr 3 | BRASS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |
| Awards 2 | Grammy - Hall of Fame Award |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 3 |
| Certification | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/janisian/atseventeen.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Janis Ian |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ To those of us who knew the pain / Of valentines that never came |
| Explanation | ✱ Uses the absence of a specific social symbol (a card) as a measurement for loneliness and social exclusion. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Material:Objects |
| MTag 2 | Body:Action:Pain |
| MTag 3 | Time:Youth |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-I-ii-VI/II-ii-V-V-I-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-I-vii-III-vi-ii-vi-ii, IV-III-vi-ii-vii-III-III |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 7 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, III, IV, V, vi, vii |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 84 |
| Mel Cmplx | 67 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 13 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 71 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 15 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 80-89 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 10-19 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 60 |
| Spot-Energy | 16 |
| Spot-Valance | 32 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 10-19 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 30-39 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Pop/Rock Anthology (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/109nIUdWE1hohnwycF9SXNTyT71jlrNrj/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 79 (Pop/Rock Anthology) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |
| Style 2 | Folk Rock |



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