Restless Highways
Richard & Linda Thompson
First Light (Extended Edition)
3:58 October 27, 1978
BPM
135
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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Restless Highways by Richard & Linda Thompson Song Details

Richard & Linda Thompson's ' "Restless Highways" was released on its scheduled release date, October 27, 1978. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:58, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The song is number 1 out of 16 in First Light (Extended Edition) by Richard & Linda Thompson. Based on our statistics, Restless Highways's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Restless Highways by Richard & Linda Thompson is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 135 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.201 dB
Acousticness
14%
Danceability
54%
Energy
44%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
52%

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ISRC
QZGW71900020
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records