Big Bird by The B-52's Song Details

The B-52's's ' "Big Bird" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1983. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:12, 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. This song is part of Whammy! by The B-52's. The song's track number on the album is #8 out of 9 tracks. The popularity of Big Bird is currently not that popular 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

Since Big Bird by The B-52's has a tempo of 167 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With Big Bird being at 167 BPM, the half-time would be 84 BPM with a double-time of 334 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.473 dB
Acousticness
24%
Danceability
65%
Energy
90%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
66%

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