The Only Thing That Shines
Shriekback
Oil & Gold
4:23 January 1, 1985
BPM
125
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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The Only Thing That Shines by Shriekback Song Details

"The Only Thing That Shines" by Shriekback had its release date on January 1, 1985. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:23, 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 "Oil & Gold". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, The Only Thing That Shines's popularity is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With The Only Thing That Shines by Shriekback having a BPM of 125 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 250 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 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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Popularity
Loudness
-24.941 dB
Acousticness
55%
Danceability
25%
Energy
11%
Instrumentalness
86%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
58%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
10%

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ISRC
USWWW0201303
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records