(I Just) Died In Your Arms · Cutting Crew

145 bars of 4/4 at 125 BPM, about 4:38 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

RockElectronic120 to 149 BPMBeginner
TEMPO
125 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
145
LENGTH
4:38
DIFFICULTY
58/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 84% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 17-27, 29-35 and 37-53, and 6 more places -- 84.1% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 125 BPM
(I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS · BAR 18
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 36, 74, 97, 98, 106 and 114.

LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 36 · LANDS ON BAR 37 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BARS 97-98 · LANDS ON BAR 99 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 125 BPM
BAR 106 · LANDS ON BAR 107 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

145 bars across 8 sections: 114 keep time, 6 are fills, 2 are stops and 19 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 37-73.

CHORUS
CHORUS 2
OUTRO 2
6 groovesBHS1S3S7+1Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is (I Just) Died In Your Arms?

125 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is (I Just) Died In Your Arms hard to play on drums?

58 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 43 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

145 bars, about 4:38 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 12 exercises over 5 sittings, about 20 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in (I Just) Died In Your Arms?

3 fills to learn, played 6 times: bars 36, 74, 97, 98, 106 and 114.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 145 BARS ANALYSED
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