Shipyard Town by Gerry Rafferty Song Details

"Shipyard Town" by Gerry Rafferty had its release date on April 18, 1988. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:24, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "North & South". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Germany. In terms of popularity, Shipyard Town is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Shipyard Town by Gerry Rafferty having a BPM of 118 with a half-time of 59 BPM and a double-time of 236 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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