Every few years, it turns up in another Hollywood movie-usually the scary ones. An industry source estimates that it generated more than $637,000 in revenue in 2020, not including from album sales. Last year, it had 50,000 spins on terrestrial and satellite radio.
It became a hit 45 years ago but has never disappeared from pop culture. “Reaper” narrates the tale of a couple who are “together in eternity,” and the song seems eternal as well. Many A minor songs are so familiar, we’ll mention them only by title: “Angie,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Stairway to Heaven,” “Smooth Operator,” “Rhiannon,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” “It’s Too Late,” and the most A minor of A minor songs, Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper.”
A song written in A minor has an unstable and unsettling presence, a weight, an undertow. You may not know the key of A minor when you hear it, but you certainly feel it.
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