Track analysis

Killing Me Softly with His Song

Roberta Flack

In MusiMap's demo catalogue, "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack maps to and Cocooning, Candle Light Dinner, and Falling in love among the strongest situational use cases. with Sentimental, Friendly, and Soothing among the leading mood descriptors. Primary genre signals include Soul, Easy listening, and Gospel. vocal-led production. Additional rhythmic or language cues include Flowing and English. The editorial view is built only from structured analysis already visible on this page, offering a concise read on how the track can be understood and reused.

ISRC: USAT29901394 Duration: 4:47 Year: 2025 Analysis completed

BPM

123

Confidence 98%

Key

F minor

Confidence 74%

Energy

67%

Danceability

63%

Track info

Artist
Roberta Flack
Album
All Time Hits
Genre
Pop
Label
Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
UPC
5059460388598
Explicit
No
Composer
Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox
Copyright
2025 Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group 2025 Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group

Technical

Format

Format
FLAC
Codec
FLAC
Channels
2 (stereo)

Signal

Sample rate
44100
Bit depth
16
Bit rate
849985

Quality

HIGH

  • Lossless audio format detected.
  • Audio is stereo.
  • Sample rate is within a healthy range.

Rhythm

Beat regularity 96%
Beat confidence 88%

Onset density

2.875

Raw BPM

123.047

Loudness

Integrated LUFS

-16.19

RMS

0.152

Peak

0.963

Dynamic range

12.08

Crest factor dB

16.03

Instrumental / vocal

Detected type

Vocal

Source

Heuristic detector

Instr. probability

18%

Heuristic result

Vocal

Heuristic instrumental confidence 68%

Key stability

Stability 33%

Primary key

F minor

Modulations

9

Tagging

Genres

Soul 76%
Easy listening 65%
Gospel 62%
Pop 53%
Vocal jazz 49%
Soul jazz 45%
Jazz 42%

Moods

Sentimental 98%
Friendly 96%
Soothing 96%
Cool 94%
Glamourous 91%
Nourishment 89%
Good Vibrations 87%
Love 86%
Passionate 86%
Sensibility 86%
Water (In / Within) 81%
Refined 78%
Sensual 77%
Wood (Out) 70%
Melodramatic 69%
Metal (Down) 69%
Sad 57%
Warm-hearted 54%
Temperament 52%
Innocent 43%
Air (Up) 40%
Atmospheric 36%
Happiness 32%
Dreaming 27%
Imagination 26%
Lively 24%
Performing 22%
Impulsive 21%
Playfulness 21%
Extroversion 20%
Revitalizing 18%
Dynamism 16%
Fire (Above) 16%
Free 16%
Powerful 16%
Determined 14%
Ground (On) 14%
Happy 13%
Warrior 13%
Energetic 12%
Inspired 12%
Self Control 11%
Heroic 9%

Languages

English 95%

Situations

Candle Light Dinner 100%
Chill 100%
Cocooning 100%
Falling in love 100%
Nostalgia / reminiscing 100%
Romance / Making Love 92%
Birth & new parents 91%
Cocktails 90%
Appeal 89%
Office 88%
Autumn 70%

Rhythmic Moods

Flowing 74%

Voice Families

High Pitched Vocal 96%

Key probabilities

F minor 19%
G# major 14%
C minor 13%
F major 11%
C# major 10%
D# major 9%
A# minor 8%
C major 8%
A# major 6%
G minor 1%
A minor 1%

Key modulations

10 unique keys
F minor 19x
71%
D# major 9x
73%
G# major 8x
77%
C minor 8x
67%
A# minor 4x
66%
C# major 3x
59%
F major 2x
83%
A# major 2x
78%
A minor 1x
69%
C major 1x
66%

Spectral

Centroid

1778.01

Bandwidth

2261.63

Rolloff

3772.21

Flatness

0.0052

MFCC fingerprint

C1 100.0%

−134.93

C2 87.0%

116.98

C3 16.0%

21.7

C4 15.0%

19.69

C5 0.0%

0.18

C6 5.0%

6.32

C7 2.0%

−2.88

C8 1.0%

1.58

C9 9.0%

−11.89

C10 5.0%

6.94

C11 4.0%

−5.89

C12 1.0%

1.28

C13 6.0%

−7.65

Chorus detection

No chorus segments available.

Structure

Segment 1 0.21 → 286.92

1 segment detected.

Musical timeline

Segment 1 0.21 → 286.92s 286.71s
C# major · 57% Energy 67%
Segment duration 99.9%
Track energy 67%

1 segment mapped in the timeline.