Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Bills bills bills |
| Artist | Destiny's Child |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | The writing's on the wall |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:16 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 128 |
| BPM Grp | 125-129 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Bm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending on V |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV oo/aa |
| Voc Info 3 | Unison (female/female) |
| Voc Info 4 | SSA |
| Voc Info 5 | With BGV lyrics |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | PERCUSSION |
| Strings | No Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best R&B Song |
| Nominations 2 | Grammy - Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals |
| Nominations 3 | STMA - Best R&B/Soul Single - Group/Band or Duo |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Awards Won | ❌ |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/destinyschild/billsbillsbills.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Kandi L. Burruss |
| Author 2 | Beyonce Knowles |
| Author 3 | Letoya Luckett |
| Author 4 | Kelly Rowland |
| Author 5 | Kevin Briggs |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A draining battery / Debt |
| Explanation | ✱ Portrays a parasitic partner as a physical drain on one's emotional and financial resources that offers nothing in return. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Material:Value |
| MTag 2 | Power |
| MTag 3 | Conflict |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | i-V-i-V-iv-V-iv-V |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | i-V/VII-bVII-IV/VI, bVI-bVI-V-V |
| Ch Prog B | i-V/VII-i-V/VII |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, V, iv, bVII, IV, bVI |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | HMS |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, iv - Minor, V - Major |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7sNvBwU6eHOJCsq3vPVQMc?si=3d8030c5addb4f03 |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9Timo2dFZhOc2b8k9cfcryz7 |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 46 |
| Mel Cmplx | 63 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 16 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 48 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 70 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 40-49 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 85 |
| Spot-Energy | 58 |
| Spot-Valance | 46 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 40-49 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | R&B |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Contemporary R&B |
| Style 2 | Pop Rap |