THE PLUS ONE

style

• jazz-pop
• live band
• walking bass and brass stabs
• theatrical storytelling vocal
• funny and desperate by turns
• big-band swagger with modern drums
• london accent
• charismatic and unguarded
• london accent
• funny

the numbers

bpm

103

key

F minor

energy

0.70

dance

0.86

valence

0.56

vocal at

1.0s

length

2:01

words

224

clichés

0

language

En

most sung: “one” ×14 · “plus” ×12 · “know” ×8

lyrics

(the plus one)

I have been a plus one nineteen times since twenty-nineteen
Nineteen weddings and I've worn the same green dress to twelve
And people say "and are you seeing anyone?" between the courses
And I say "not currently" and go and help myself to shelves

And there's a photograph from each of them
And in every single one I am at the edge and laughing

The plus one, the plus one, and I'm very good at it
I know the speeches, know the songs, know when to cry, know when to leave
The plus one, the plus one, and I have made a craft of it
And nobody has ever been the plus one to my sleeve

My friend Aisha said "you're everybody's favourite guest"
And meant it as a compliment and I have not slept since

There's nothing wrong with being good at other people's days.
I'd just like one where I'm the reason people came.
That's all. That's the whole ask. Right. Brass.

The plus one, the plus one, and I'm very good at it
I know the speeches, know the songs, know when to cry, know when to leave
The plus one, the plus one, and I have made a craft of it
And nobody has ever been the plus one to my sleeve

(the same green dress!)