Waiting For The End Of The World by Elvis Costello Song Details

Elvis Costello's ' "Waiting For The End Of The World" was released on its scheduled release date, July 22, 1977. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:22. 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 Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True" album is number 12 out of 48. In terms of popularity, Waiting For The End Of The World is currently below average in popularity. 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 Waiting For The End Of The World by Elvis Costello to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 114 BPM, a half-time of 57BPM, and a double-time of 228 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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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