Signature
key confidence medium · relative E minor · tempo confidence high · half-time 54.6 · low end 35% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Covered*NSYNCsource
- CoveredAnnie Crummersource
- CoveredBurning Visionsource
- CoveredFlorida State University Marching Chiefssource
- CoveredMichael Thompson Bandsource
- CoveredNirvanasource
- CoveredNo Mercysource
- CoveredRené Frogersource
- CoveredShineheadsource
- CoveredSleater‐Kinneysource
- Sampled byThe Kleptones, Come Againsource
- CoveredThe Moog Cookbooksource
- Written byTom Scholzsource
- CoveredWalt Ribeirosource
Why it is here
- The song, which took Tom Scholz five years to complete, features a guitar solo that unusually incorporates mordents and inverted mordents more typically used in baroque music. source
- It has been recognized on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of '500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll' and ranked number 212 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs of All Time' in 2021. source
- It was made available as a playable track in the Rock Band video game series and covered for the original Guitar Hero soundtrack. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.