The Way It Is (song)

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single song

"The Way It Is" is a 1986 piano-driven pop-rock song by Bruce Hornsby and the Range, best known for its socially conscious lyrics about racial and economic inequality and its distinctive piano riff.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Way It Is	1
The Way It Is (album)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	The Way It Is (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist	Bruce Hornsby and the Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct	The Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPosition	number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart ⓘ number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ top 10 in several European countries ⓘ
composer	Bruce Hornsby NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	praised for its piano performance and lyrics ⓘ
genre	adult contemporary ⓘ pop rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ
hasBPM	approximately 104 BPM ⓘ
hasBside	The Red Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	The Way It Is (live performances) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme	civil rights movement ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ racial inequality ⓘ social justice ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	The Way It Is (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	piano riff ⓘ
hasSubject	segregation and discrimination in the United States ⓘ welfare and poverty in the United States ⓘ
includedIn	greatest hits compilations of Bruce Hornsby ⓘ
inspiredWork	Changes (song by 2Pac) NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrumentation	piano-driven arrangement ⓘ
key	G major ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Bruce Hornsby NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	distinctive piano riff ⓘ socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn	The Way It Is (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	The Way It Is (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Bruce Hornsby and the Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Bruce Hornsby NERFINISHED ⓘ Eliot Scheiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	RCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1986 ⓘ
side	A-side of the single "The Way It Is" ⓘ
singleReleaseYear	1986 ⓘ
timeSignature	4/4 ⓘ
usedAsSampleIn	Changes (song by 2Pac featuring Talent) NERFINISHED ⓘ Changes (song by 2Pac) NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalist	Bruce Hornsby NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearEndRanking	one of the major US hits of 1986 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Way It Is (album)

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this entity surface form: The Way It Is