Sounds Great When You're Dead
Robyn Hitchcock
I Often Dream of Trains
3:23 September 1, 1984
BPM
179
Key
B♭ Minor
Camelot
3A

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Sounds Great When You're Dead by Robyn Hitchcock Song Details

"Sounds Great When You're Dead" by Robyn Hitchcock had its release date on September 1, 1984. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:23. 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 Robyn Hitchcock's "I Often Dream of Trains" album is number 5 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Sounds Great When You're Dead is currently unknown 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

We consider the tempo marking of Sounds Great When You're Dead by Robyn Hitchcock to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 179 BPM, a half-time of 90BPM, and a double-time of 358 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Minor. Because this track belongs in the B♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 3A. So, the perfect camelot match for 3A would be either 3A or 2B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 3B or 4A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12A and a high energy boost can either be 5A or 10A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 2A would be a great choice. Where 6A would give you a moderate drop, and 1A or 8A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.962 dB
Acousticness
97%
Danceability
43%
Energy
9%
Instrumentalness
90%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
8%

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ISRC
USY1R0718605
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records