Mercenary Song by Steve Earle Song Details

Steve Earle's ' "Mercenary Song" was released on its scheduled release date, April 16, 2016. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:43. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Mercenary Song's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Various Artists's "Heartworn Highways (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" album is number 23 out of 26. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Mercenary Song's popularity is not that popular 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 Mercenary Song by Steve Earle to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 129 BPM, a half-time of 64BPM, and a double-time of 258 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 A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-16.4 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
71%
Energy
25%
Instrumentalness
7%
Liveness
55%
Loudness
73%
Speechiness
9%
Valence
61%

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ISRC
USDEA1614623
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records