Matinee Idol by Yellowjackets Song Details

On June 10, 1981, the song "Matinee Idol" was released by Yellowjackets. 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 Yellowjackets by Yellowjackets. The song's track number on the album is #1 out of 7 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Matinee Idol is currently average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since Matinee Idol by Yellowjackets has a tempo of 109 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Moderato (at a moderate speed). With Matinee Idol being at 109 BPM, the half-time would be 54 BPM with a double-time of 218 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty moderate for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-15.759 dB
Acousticness
18%
Danceability
61%
Energy
65%
Instrumentalness
93%
Liveness
4%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
89%

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ISRC
USWB19902590
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records