Sad Professor
R.E.M.
Up
4:03 January 1, 1998
BPM
120
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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Sad Professor by R.E.M. Song Details

R.E.M.'s 'Sad Professor' had a release date set for January 1, 1998. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:03, 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. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Up". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Sad Professor's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Sad Professor by R.E.M. having a BPM of 120 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 240 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.406 dB
Acousticness
26%
Danceability
42%
Energy
30%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
36%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
21%

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ISRC
USWB19800951
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records