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key confidence high · relative Bb major · tempo confidence high · half-time 57.0 · low end 26% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Why it is here
- The Meters, New Orleans' storied funk band, provide the rhythm section on this Allen Toussaint-produced track, recorded at Sea-Saint Studios. source
- Patti LaBelle's vocal made the song a number-one hit and later earned it induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003 and preservation in the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2021. source
- Rolling Stone ranked this version number 479 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 (485 in 2010). source
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