Why Won't You Talk to Me by Gerry Rafferty Song Details

Gerry Rafferty's ' "Why Won't You Talk to Me" was released on its scheduled release date, 1979. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:00, 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 10 in the song's album "Night Owl". In this album, this song's track order is #4. In terms of popularity, Why Won't You Talk to Me is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Why Won't You Talk to Me by Gerry Rafferty having a BPM of 116 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 232 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 moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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