The Good Thing by Talking Heads Song Details

On July 14, 1978, the song "The Good Thing" was released by Talking Heads. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:03. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Talking Heads's "More Songs About Buildings and Food" album is number 3 out of 11. Based on our statistics, The Good Thing's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Good Thing by Talking Heads to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 127 BPM, a half-time of 64BPM, and a double-time of 254 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. 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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