First Day on the Somme by The Irish Rovers Song Details

The Irish Rovers's ' "First Day on the Somme" was released on its scheduled release date, February 1, 1989. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:34, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The track order of this song in The Irish Rovers's "Hardstuff" album is number 5 out of 10. Based on our statistics, First Day on the Somme's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of First Day on the Somme by The Irish Rovers to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 121 BPM, a half-time of 60BPM, and a double-time of 242 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

This song has a musical key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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