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Karma Police by Radiohead

Karma Police by Radiohead runs at 75 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
75 BPM
Key
D major
Length
4:21
Genre
indie rock
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender indie rock track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 75 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on simple triad 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
75
Chords
simple triad
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
indie rock
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
brushed
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush
Vocal style
layered in close harmony
Vocal
a warm male 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 Radiohead. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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