What It Takes to Be True
Dan Penn
Living on Mercy
3:00 August 28, 2020
BPM
78
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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What It Takes to Be True by Dan Penn Song Details

Dan Penn's 'What It Takes to Be True' had a release date set for August 28, 2020. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:00. 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 Dan Penn's "Living on Mercy" album is number 5 out of 13. What It Takes to Be True is not that popular right now. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of What It Takes to Be True by Dan Penn to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 78 BPM, a half-time of 39BPM, and a double-time of 156 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 Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.509 dB
Acousticness
76%
Danceability
62%
Energy
32%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
14%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
22%

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ISRC
UKNR52000209
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records