Gun by Eric Burdon, War Song Details

Eric Burdon, War's ' "Gun" was released on its scheduled release date, December 22, 1970. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:59, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "The Black-Man's Burdon". In this album, this song's track order is #3. The popularity of Gun is currently 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

With Gun by Eric Burdon, War having a BPM of 171 with a half-time of 86 BPM and a double-time of 342 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D♭ 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 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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