Life Is A Scream
Violent Femmes
Why Do Birds Sing?
1:54 April 30, 1991
BPM
157
Key
D Minor
Camelot
7A

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Life Is A Scream by Violent Femmes Song Details

Violent Femmes's ' "Life Is A Scream" was released on its scheduled release date, April 30, 1991. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:54, 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. This song is part of Why Do Birds Sing? by Violent Femmes. The song's track number on the album is #9 out of 13 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, Life Is A Scream's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

Since Life Is A Scream by Violent Femmes has a tempo of 157 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With Life Is A Scream being at 157 BPM, the half-time would be 78 BPM with a double-time of 314 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is D Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 7A. So, the perfect camelot match for 7A would be either 7A or 6B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 7B or 8A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4A and a high energy boost can either be 9A or 2A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 6A would be a great choice. Where 10A would give you a moderate drop, and 5A or 12A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.639 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
54%
Energy
88%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
66%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
40%

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ISRC
USRE10001271
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records