The Frog Prince (song)

The Frog Prince (song)

Song infobox
Name = The Frog Prince
Type = Song
Artist = Keane
alt Artist =
Album = Under the Iron Sea
Published =
Released = flagicon|UK June 12, 2006
track_no = 12
Recorded = Helioscentric Studios
Genre = Rock pop
Length = 4:21
Writer =
Composer = Tim Rice-Oxley
Tom Chaplin
Richard Hughes
Label = Island Records
Producer = Andy Green
Background =
Tracks =
prev = "Broken Toy"
prev_no = 11
next =
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"The Frog Prince" is a song performed and composed by English piano rock and alternative rock band Keane, released as the closing track on their second album, "Under the Iron Sea". The song was composed in 2004 and first mentioned by Tim Rice-Oxley on the Strangers DVD. A demo version also features Rice-Oxley singing on the lead vocals.

Meaning

Rice-Oxley explains the song on the band's 6th podcast:

It has been suggested that the person described above is Razorlight's frontman, Johnny Borrell.

Musical structure

Regarded by Rice-Oxley himself as a "corny" song, it follows a medieval-fairytale soft progression, with an identic piano playing of that of "This Is the Last Time". Sixteen beats drumming are introduced with 10 seconds of playback. Rice-Oxley often creates an impromtu during live performances with the entry of the chorus at 1:31, that would lead piano going quicker and stronger, leaving the electric in the background sound. Bridge requires Rice-Oxley's vocals and distorted piano to complete, followed by the last verse which lies before the magical outro, created with the Yamaha CP60 Chaplin plays during gigs, a succession of F-G-F-G-A-Bb-G-F. The song fades with the normal piano and the musicbox-fairytale riff fading out.

Technical information on song

External links

* [http://www.keanemusic.com Official website]


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