The Sweetest Taboo by Sade
The Sweetest Taboo by Sade runs at 92 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 92 BPM
- Key
- G# major
- Length
- 4:37
- Genre
- funk
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A triumphant funk track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 92 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and sizzling cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A breathy female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 92
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- funk
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- vinyl crackle
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a breathy 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 Sade. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The only audio hosted here is an AI generation of that prompt, not the recording it describes.