Signature
key confidence high · relative F# minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 75.1 · low end 30% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
Character
Not tagged yet. The words are proposed and waiting for a person.
Good for
Nothing yet. The rules need the character words above before they can say.
Lineage
- Covered*NSYNCsource
- CoveredA Walk Down Abbey Roadsource
- CoveredAvantsource
- CoveredBarry Manilowsource
- Sampled byBone Thugs‐n‐Harmony, Paradisesource
- Written byChristopher Crosssource
- CoveredEmmerson Nogueirasource
- CoveredEtta Cameronsource
- CoveredHarvard University Opportunessource
- CoveredMark Hartmansource
- CoveredPieces of a Dreamsource
- Sampled byPuff Daddy feat. Mario Winans, Best Friendsource
- CoveredThe Countdown Singerssource
- CoveredTracy Hwangsource
- CoveredUniversity of Rochester Yellowjacketssource
Why it is here
- Christopher Cross wrote the song about sailing trips with an older friend from high school who acted as a surrogate brother during a difficult adolescence. source
- It won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Arrangement of the Year, and helped Cross win Best New Artist. source
- It was recorded using the 3M Digital Recording System, making it one of the first digitally recorded songs to chart. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.