Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Dont you want me |
| Artist | The Human League |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Album | Dare! |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:56 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1981 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 118 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 115-119 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | C |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Arpeggiator |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending Fade out |
| Rec Tag 4 | Does not start on I |
| Rec Tag 5 | Tonality switch |
| Rec Tag 6 | Without a Bridge |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | 2nd voice add (female) |
| Voc Info 3 | Lead (female) |
| 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/uPudE8nDog0?t=165 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Keys |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | SYNTH |
| Instr 2 | SYNTH BASS |
| Instr 3 | DRUMS |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | Ivor Novello Award - Best Pop Song |
| Nominations 2 | Ivor Novello Award - International Hit of the Year |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/humanleague/dontyouwantme.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Phil Oakey |
| Author 2 | Jo Callis |
| Author 3 | Philip Adrian Wright |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar / That much is true |
| Explanation | ✱ Uses a specific profession as a reference point for someone's social origin or 'starting point' in life. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Civil:Status |
| MTag 2 | Identity |
| MTag 3 | Memory |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | IV-IV-vi/V-V-IV-I/IV-V-V |
| Ch Prog PC | vi-vi-iii-iii-IV-IV-ii-V, VI-vii-vi/I-III |
| Ch Prog C | IV-V-IV-V |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V-vi |
| Used Chords# Fam | 8 |
| Chord Fam Prog | ii, III, iii, IV, V, VI, 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 | 45 |
| Mel Cmplx | 52 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 19 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 45 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 71 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 40-49 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 73 |
| Spot-Energy | 74 |
| Spot-Valance | 96 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 90+ |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Ultimate 80s Songs (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tkPHRfMlz-WeGc9Bd_eRbfqByrcTLlFy/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 34 (Ultimate 80s Songs) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Synth Pop |
| Style 2 | New Pop |
| Style 3 | New Wave |