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.
Analysis facts
- 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
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Planetary Records is not affiliated with Sade. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The audio here is a separate track based on the style prompt.