Details
- Instrument:
- Piano Solo
- Genres:
- Adult Contemporary Pop Rock Contemporary
- Composers:
- Bruce Hornsby
- Publishers:
- Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica)
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- Bruce Hornsby
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 6
SKU: A0.809427
By Bruce Hornsby. By Bruce Hornsby. Arranged by Academia Unimusica. This edition: pdf, streaming. Contemporary. Score. 6 pages. Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica) #6257035. Published by Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica) (A0.809427)."The Way It Is" is a song by American rock group Bruce Hornsby and the Range. It was released in September 1986 as the second single from their debut album The Way It Is. It topped the charts in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in 1986,[1] and peaked inside the top twenty in such countries as Australia, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Written by Bruce Hornsby, it made explicit reference to the Civil Rights Movement. Musically, the song is characterized by two long piano solos. The song has been sampled by rapper E-40 for his song "Things'll Never Change", by 2Pac for "Changes", and rapper Polo G for "Wishing for a Hero" in 2020.
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- ArrangeMe:
- Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica)
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Instrument:
- Piano and Keyboard Piano Piano Solo
- Artists:
- Bruce Hornsby
- Publisher:
- Unimusic Academy (Academia Unimusica)