Selfish by Michael Penn Song Details

Michael Penn's 'Selfish' had a release date set for June 3, 1997. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:53. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Selfish's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Resigned". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Based on our statistics, Selfish's popularity is not that popular 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 Selfish by Michael Penn having a BPM of 136 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 272 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) 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 is in the music key of B Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.395 dB
Acousticness
8%
Danceability
45%
Energy
56%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
21%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
37%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records