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It Hurts Like Hell by Aretha Franklin

It Hurts Like Hell by Aretha Franklin runs at 103 BPM in the key of F# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
103 BPM
Key
F# major
Length
4:20
Genre
soul
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender soul track with driving energy and a broken-beat feel at 103 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, block chords. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on lush ninth and eleventh 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
103
Chords
lush ninth and eleventh
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
driving
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
soul
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
block chords
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a wide stereo chorus
Structure
verse-chorus with a bridge
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
Vocal
a full-voiced female vocal

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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.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Aretha Franklin. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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