First We Take Manhattan by R.E.M. Song Details

R.E.M.'s 'First We Take Manhattan' had a release date set for May 16, 2014. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:03, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The song is number 17 out of 131 in Complete Rarities 1988-2011 by R.E.M.. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Based on our statistics, First We Take Manhattan's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of First We Take Manhattan by R.E.M. is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 123 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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