The Only Thing
Sufjan Stevens
Carrie & Lowell
4:44 March 31, 2015
BPM
159
Key
E♭ Major
Camelot
5B

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The Only Thing by Sufjan Stevens Song Details

Sufjan Stevens's ' "The Only Thing" was released on its scheduled release date, March 31, 2015. 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 song is number 7 out of 11 in Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens. 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, The Only Thing's popularity is fairly popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Only Thing by Sufjan Stevens is Vivace (lively and fast), since this song has a tempo of 159 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-19.585 dB
Acousticness
99%
Danceability
51%
Energy
15%
Instrumentalness
7%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
67%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
50%

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ISRC
US64G1509907
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records