Heavy Fuel by Dire Straits Song Details

On October 21, 1991, the song "Heavy Fuel" was released by Dire Straits. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The track order of this song in IAMJJ, Purple Disco Machine, Sophie and the Giants, Dire Straits's "Heavy Fuel" album is number 1 out of 3. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Heavy Fuel's popularity is below average in popularity 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

We consider the tempo marking of Heavy Fuel by Dire Straits to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 132 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 264 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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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