The Word Is Out by The Sugarhill Gang Song Details

The Sugarhill Gang's ' "The Word Is Out" was released on its scheduled release date, September 16, 1979. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:41, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 24 in the song's album "Rapper's Delight". In this album, this song's track order is #15. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. The popularity of The Word Is Out is currently not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With The Word Is Out by The Sugarhill Gang having a BPM of 191 with a half-time of 96 BPM and a double-time of 382 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 has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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