Watching The Detectives - Single Version by Elvis Costello Song Details

On July 22, 1977, the song "Watching The Detectives - Single Version" was released by Elvis Costello. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:46, 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. The track order of this song in Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True" album is number 13 out of 13. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Watching The Detectives - Single Version's popularity is 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 Watching The Detectives - Single Version by Elvis Costello to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 133 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 266 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

A Minor is the music key of this track. Because this track belongs in the A Minor key, the camelot key is 8A. So, the perfect camelot match for 8A would be either 8A or 7B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 8B or 9A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5A and a high energy boost can either be 10A or 3A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 7A would be a great choice. Where 11A would give you a moderate drop, and 6A or 1A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11B allows you to change the mood.

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