River Man by David Sylvian Song Details

"River Man" by David Sylvian had its release date on September 13, 1986. 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. The track order of this song in David Sylvian's "Gone To Earth (Remastered 2003)" album is number 6 out of 20. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. River Man is below average in popularity 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 River Man by David Sylvian to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 77 BPM, a half-time of 38BPM, and a double-time of 154 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D♭ Minor is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12A. So, the perfect camelot match for 12A would be either 12A or 11B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 12B or 1A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9A and a high energy boost can either be 2A or 7A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 11A would be a great choice. Where 3A would give you a moderate drop, and 10A or 5A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.205 dB
Acousticness
82%
Danceability
58%
Energy
29%
Instrumentalness
29%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
76%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
11%

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ISRC
GBAAA0300451
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records