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Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Single Version)

The Temptations

length6:59

released2007

date of the release this came from, which for a reissue is not when the song was made

bpm120.2 deezer

time signature—

not measured

first downbeat—

bar grid assumed from 0:00

tagsnone

playlist-derived genre measured 28.8% wrong and is no longer written

identitydeezer:907755

added2026-09-20T12:10:10

7 sections · 3 with vocals, 4 without

audit passed the breaks here do not move when the line-length estimate is nudged either way. That is stability, not proof: nothing has compared this to the sound.

#	from	to	length	what
1	0:00	1:55	1:55	instrumental	lrclib:synced-timing
2	1:55	3:03	1:07	vocals	lrclib:synced-timing
3	3:03	3:29	0:25	instrumental	lrclib:synced-timing
4	3:29	4:41	1:11	vocals	lrclib:synced-timing
5	4:41	4:57	0:15	instrumental	lrclib:synced-timing
6	4:57	6:31	1:33	vocals	lrclib:synced-timing
7	6:31	6:59	0:27	instrumental	lrclib:synced-timing

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measured means I ran the audio through the analyser on this box: 39 songs. inherited means the number came from somewhere else and that source is named. They are never averaged together.
Vocals or not on a section comes from published timings of when someone sings, not from listening to the sound.