A Jingle for the Newsmen
The Distractions
Citizens for Sale
1:00 February 17, 2013
BPM
160
Key
B♭ Major
Camelot
6B

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A Jingle for the Newsmen by The Distractions Song Details

The Distractions's ' "A Jingle for the Newsmen" was released on its scheduled release date, February 17, 2013. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:00, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The song is number 6 out of 14 in Citizens for Sale by The Distractions. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from Turks and Caicos Islands. The popularity of A Jingle for the Newsmen is currently unknown right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of A Jingle for the Newsmen by The Distractions is Vivace (lively and fast), since this song has a tempo of 160 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.507 dB
Acousticness
18%
Danceability
62%
Energy
58%
Instrumentalness
39%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
65%

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ISRC
TCABM1319839
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records