Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson runs at 117 BPM in the key of F# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 117 BPM
- Key
- F# major
- Length
- 4:54
- Genre
- disco
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding disco track blending funk with explosive energy and a swung feel at 117 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows AABA. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, 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
- 117
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- disco
- Second genre
- funk
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- AABA
- Textural detail
- vinyl crackle
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
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Planetary Records is not affiliated with Michael Jackson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.