The World Is Lit By Lightning by Deacon Blue Song Details

On 1987, the song "The World Is Lit By Lightning" was released by Deacon Blue. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:27, 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. There are a total of 26 in the song's album "Raintown / When The World Knows Your Name". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, The World Is Lit By Lightning is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With The World Is Lit By Lightning by Deacon Blue having a BPM of 111 with a half-time of 56 BPM and a double-time of 222 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.625 dB
Acousticness
9%
Danceability
65%
Energy
74%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
84%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
94%

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ISRC
GBBBN0002223
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records