Starlight by Lou Reed, John Cale Song Details

Lou Reed, John Cale's ' "Starlight" was released on its scheduled release date, April 11, 1990. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:28. 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. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "Songs For Drella". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Starlight is not that popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Starlight by Lou Reed, John Cale having a BPM of 72 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 144 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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
-8.034 dB
Acousticness
88%
Danceability
16%
Energy
70%
Instrumentalness
43%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
52%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records