The Blue Mask by Lou Reed Song Details

"The Blue Mask" by Lou Reed had its release date on February 23, 1982. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "The Blue Mask". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of The Blue Mask is currently below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With The Blue Mask by Lou Reed having a BPM of 194 with a half-time of 97 BPM and a double-time of 388 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-3.899 dB
Acousticness
4%
Danceability
21%
Energy
96%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
94%
Speechiness
14%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
USRC18107982
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records