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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Count on me |
| Artist | Whitney Houston |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Waiting to exhale (soundtrack) |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:26 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1996 |
| Decade | 1990-1999 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 57 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 055-059 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | D |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Movie |
| Rec Tag 2 | Minor / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 4 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 5 | Ending on Tonic |
| Rec Tag 6 | Without intro |
| Rec Tag 7 | Add Measure |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | SAT |
| Voc Info 4 | Ad Lib (female) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | EP |
| Instr 2 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Instr 3 | BASS GUITAR |
| Instr 4 | SAX |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Jeremy Lubbock |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3xIpOBnH8q25lDwLZgwwYP?si=9a90943f9773416f |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ASCAP - Most Performed Song |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 8 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/whitneyhouston/countonme.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Whitney Houston |
| Author 2 | Kenneth Edmonds |
| Author 3 | Michael Houston |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ A bridge / Shoulder |
| Explanation | ✱ Friendship is seen as a construction where one provides a safe path for the other to cross 'troubled ground.' |
| MTag 1 | Society:Built:Bridge |
| MTag 2 | Connection |
| MTag 3 | Support |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-ii-I/III-ii-I-ii-v-I, IV-V/IV-iii-vi |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-ii-I/III-IV, I/V-V/IV-I/III-IV, I/V-vi-ii-III-vi |
| Ch Prog B | IV/VI-III/VII-vi/I-VI/#I, ii-iii-vi-vi, ii-V-iii-VI |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 9 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, ii, III, iii, IV, V, v, VI, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual | ![]() |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 53 |
| Spot-Energy | 51 |
| Spot-Valance | 14 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 10-19 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | 100 Pop Hits of the 90s (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sAdPw2lYasLcdbjIPnKWXsjwsevBPTrj/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 63 (100 Pop Hits of the 90s) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | R&B |
| Genre 2 | Soul |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Gospel |



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