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Waiting for a Girl Like You

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Foreigner

4 (1981)rockTop 5%4:41SpotifyYouTubeApple Music
Key: A# minorestTempo: 102 BPMestTime signature: 4/4

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100%9 tracks · 4,228 notes · A# minor · 101 BPM· 4:41Recommended
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Intro
Verse I
Pre-Chorus I
Chorus I
Interlude
Verse II
Pre-Chorus II
Chorus II
Outro
Lead Vocals
Backing Vocals
Bass
Piano
Strings 1
Strings 2
Strings 3
Strings 4
Drums
100%7 tracks · 3,535 notes · A# minor · 102 BPM· 4:40
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FINGERDBA
A.PIANO 1 1
A.PIANO 1 2
SLOWSTRIN
A.PIANO 1 3
WARM PAD
DRUMS
100%28 tracks · 9,581 notes · A# minor · 102 BPM· 4:42
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© Wild West Productions 2002
drums 1
guitar 1
guitar 2
guitar 3
guitar 4
guitar 5
guitar 6
guitar 7
guitar 8
guitar 9
guitar 10
guitar 11
guitar 12
strings ctr
lead
piano 1
piano 2
strings 1
slap bass
pad 2 warm 1
strings 2
el piano
drums 2
drums 3
drums 4
pad 2 warm 2
voice
100%9 tracks · 4,868 notes · A# minor · 102 BPM· 4:37
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WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU "Foreigner
Trumpet
OohChoir
ElPiano1
Ensmble1
String ensemble 1
String Ensemble 2
AahChoir
FngrBass
GM Drums
100%9 tracks · 3,539 notes · A# minor · 102 BPM· 4:38
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Intro
Verse 1
CHOURS 1
BREAK
Verse 2
PIANO 1
PIANO 1 RIFFS
PIANO 1 LO
String Ensemble 2
Electric bass (finger)
Pad 2 (warm)
HI HAT
SNARE
KICK
68%1 tracks · 153 notes · F# major · 80 BPM· 0:33partial
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Acoustic guitar (steel)

Musical analysis below is derived from the recommended version —9 tracks · 4:41

About this song

Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner is in A# minor (estimated), around 102 BPM, 4/4 time. This 9-track arrangement runs 4:41 (Electric grand piano, Electric bass (finger), Synth strings 1, Choir aahs, Lead 6 (voice), and Drums), with an intro, alternating verses and choruses, an interlude, and an outro. 6 versions available to play and practice.

Difficulty by instrument

How hard each detected part is to play in the recommended version.

DrumsIntermediate
5.56 notes/sec
PianoIntermediate
1.97 notes/sec
OtherIntermediate
1.22 notes/sec
VocalsIntermediate
1.2 notes/sec
BassBeginner
1.58 notes/sec

Chord progressionsestimated

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Verse
Chorus
Interlude
Outro

Song structure

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0:001:002:003:004:41
Intro0:00Verse0:29Pre-chorus1:07Chorus1:26Interlude2:04Verse2:13Pre-chorus2:42Chorus3:01Outro3:41

Vocal range

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C3C4C5C6F3F5

F3 – F5 · 24 semitones (~2 octaves)

About the key of A# minor

A# minor is the 19th most common key in our catalog. Its three core chords are A♯m, D♯m, and Fm.

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Waiting for a Girl Like You appears on the soundtrack of Der letzte Bulle, Volume 4, Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 3: Emotion 98.3, Rock of Ages (2009 original Broadway cast), The Foreigner Story: I Want to Know What Love Is, While We're Young (Motion Picture Soundtrack).