Like a Virgin by Madonna
Like a Virgin by Madonna runs at 120 BPM in the key of D# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Key
- D# minor
- Length
- 3:39
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Mood
- euphoric
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A euphoric synth-pop track with high energy and a syncopated feel at 120 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 120
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- euphoric
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Madonna. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.