Poor Joey by Ian Dury Song Details

Ian Dury's ' "Poor Joey" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1992. Poor Joey is explicit and may not be suitable for children. With the duration being about 3:50, this song is close to the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 21 in the song's album "The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Poor Joey 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 Poor Joey by Ian Dury having a BPM of 98 with a half-time of 49 BPM and a double-time of 196 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 C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.612 dB
Acousticness
56%
Danceability
84%
Energy
45%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
24%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
71%

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ISRC
GBAFR9210042
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records