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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Hard to say Im sorry |
| Artist | Chicago |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | The collection |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3:52 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 71 BPM Spotify BPM YouTube |
| BPM Grp | 070-074 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | E |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Show | Yes |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 2 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Rubato |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending on Tonic |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 3 | TTB |
| Voc Info 4 | Lead dubb |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | Minor Third Up |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Start YT Mod | https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE?t=170 |
| Spot Mod | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6w2GsZbZIu0DSLrAbo8svQ?si=rATQbKu4Q5Ks8fV7brPxzg |
| Mod P Type 1 | Foreign Key |
| Mod P Cat 1 | Path 1 |
| Mod (Perm) | Minor Third Up |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE?t=181 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Guitar (Electric) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Strings Arranger 1 | David Foster |
| Strings Arranger 2 | Jeremy Lubbock |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4cAw4VWgCsBDlDFXednajF?si=617491fb33ae4e66 |
| Arr 2 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3xIpOBnH8q25lDwLZgwwYP?si=9a90943f9773416f |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | ❌ |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Pop Vocal Group |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/chicago/hardtosayimsorrygetaway.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Peter Cetera |
| Author 2 | David Foster |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ After all that we've been through / I will make it up to you |
| Explanation | ✱ Views an emotional mistake as a deficit on a balance sheet that needs to be 'refilled' or compensated. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Math |
| MTag 2 | Debt |
| MTag 3 | Love |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-I-iii-iii-IV-V-vi-V |
| Ch Prog PC | vi-ii-V-I, vi-ii-V-V |
| Ch Prog C | I-IV/VI-V/VII-III/#V-vi-II/#IV-V, V-vi-V/VII-I, vi-vi/V-II/#IV-ii/IV-III |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 9 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, III, iii, IV, V, VI, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 69 |
| Mel Cmplx | 65 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 49 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 59 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 71 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 60-69 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 54 |
| Spot-Energy | 38 |
| Spot-Valance | 19 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 30-39 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 10-19 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Best Fake Book Ever (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YR_wlEGAV7UKoFdX_IMLGSirH6vPvL7a/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 257 (Best Fake Book Ever) |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Soft Rock |