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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Brick House |
| Artist | Commodores |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Commodores |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:28 |
| Dur Grp | 3:00-3:29 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 107 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 105-109 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Am |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending Fade out |
| Rec Tag 3 | Without a V |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 5 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/commodores/brickhouse.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Lionel Richie |
| Author 2 | Ronald Lapread |
| Author 3 | Walter Orange |
| Author 4 | William King |
| Author 5 | Milan Williams |
| Author 6 | Thomas McClary |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ She's a brick house / She's mighty-mighty |
| Explanation | ✱ Compares a woman's physical form to an indestructible, sturdily built masonry structure. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Built:Structures |
| MTag 2 | Body:Anatomy:Skin |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | i-i-i-i |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | i-i-ii-i, i-i-IV-IV |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 3 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, ii, IV |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Dorian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, IV - Major, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2eKxB67lavR3W1GcgHr21X?si=41d2af03b99048ed |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9TgtfjhENFNHMyoR315H_2tC |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 72 |
| Mel Cmplx | 71 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 50 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 74 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 57 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 70-79 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 50-59 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 83 |
| Spot-Energy | 78 |
| Spot-Valance | 63 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 60-69 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | All the great hits (Commodores) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NUalTj_T6qhXYOWxCxowxJfqmgUqMubx/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 30 (All the great hits) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Funk |
| Genre 2 | Soul |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Hard Funk |



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