Steel Bars by Lucky Dube Song Details

Lucky Dube's ' "Steel Bars" was released on its scheduled release date, September 30, 1996. With This song being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. There are a total of 17 in the song's album "Serious Reggae Business". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Steel Bars is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Steel Bars by Lucky Dube having a BPM of 103 with a half-time of 52 BPM and a double-time of 206 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.985 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
82%
Energy
63%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
56%
Loudness
90%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
54%

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ISRC
USA2P1334231
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records