The Build Up by Kimbra Song Details

"The Build Up" by Kimbra had its release date on 2011. 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. This song is part of Vows (Deluxe Version) by Kimbra. The song's track number on the album is #12 out of 16 tracks. In terms of popularity, The Build Up is currently below average in popularity. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

Since The Build Up by Kimbra has a tempo of 104 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With The Build Up being at 104 BPM, the half-time would be 52 BPM with a double-time of 208 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.479 dB
Acousticness
96%
Danceability
36%
Energy
21%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
11%

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