My Old Man by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's ' "My Old Man" was released on its scheduled release date, April 1, 1980. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:13. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Lou Reed's "Growing Up In Public" album is number 2 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, My Old Man's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of My Old Man by Lou Reed to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 148 BPM, a half-time of 74BPM, and a double-time of 296 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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