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"How Will I Know" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her self-titled debut studio album. It was released on November 22, 1985, by Arista Records as the album's third single . Written and composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam , it was originally intended for pop singer Janet Jackson , who passed on it.
Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
This category contains songs that are meant to be sung a cappella (without accompanying instrumentation). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Dapper Dans barbershop quartet, at Disneyland's Main Street, USA WPA poster, 1936. Barbershop vocal harmony is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a primarily homorhythmic texture.
A short piece of vocal music with lyrics is broadly termed a song, although in different styles of music, it may be called an aria or hymn. Vocal music often has a sequence of sustained pitches that rise and fall, creating a melody, but some vocal styles use less distinct pitches, such as chants or a rhythmic speech-like delivery, such as rapping.
On Stereogum ' s Farrell's list of Heap's best songs, "Hide and Seek" was named as Heap's best song, with Farrell writing, "'Hide And Seek' is Imogen Heap’s most devastating and haunting track to date. Whether heard via a choice sync by a music supervisor or a chance encounter over a streaming service, the song lingers for days or even years."
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" is an R&B ballad [3] [4] written in the key of C-sharp major. [7] [inconsistent] The song is set in common time with a tempo of 69 beats per minute. [7]It has the sequence of F (add9) –C/E–Dm 7 –C as its chord progression throughout the track, and Houston's vocals span an octave and a perfect fifth, from G 3 to D 5. [7]
Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs, the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male beatboxer. [6] The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make trumpet and drum sounds. [7] One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink.