Ambitious Lovers's ' "It Only Has To Happen Once" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1988. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:42, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Ambitious Lovers's "Greed" album is number 12 out of 13. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, It Only Has To Happen Once is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.
We consider the tempo marking of It Only Has To Happen Once by Ambitious Lovers to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 107 BPM, a half-time of 54BPM, and a double-time of 214 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
A♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom | Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn | G Major | 5 | 9B | 185 BPM | ||
| The Waltz | Tuxedomoon | C Minor | 2 | 5A | 71 BPM | ||
| His Box | Dalis Car | E Minor | 3 | 9A | 116 BPM | ||
| To Ulrike M | Doris Days | D♭ Major | 4 | 3B | 137 BPM | ||
| Blackwater | Rain Tree Crow | B Major | 4 | 1B | 162 BPM | ||
| Dream 1 | Leslie Winer | C Major | 3 | 8B | 119 BPM | ||
| Be Thankful For What You Got | The Space Lady | D Major | 5 | 10B | 102 BPM | ||
| Searching For Mr Right | Young Marble Giants | G Major | 5 | 9B | 160 BPM | ||
| Part of My Make-Up | Roger Doyle | E♭ Major | 3 | 5B | 139 BPM | ||
| Hollywood Sunset | Barry Adamson | B Major | 3 | 1B | 148 BPM | ||
| Kokoku | Laurie Anderson | D♭ Major | 2 | 3B | 107 BPM | ||
| To Sleep | A.C. Marias | D Major | 1 | 10B | 141 BPM | ||
| Saviour, Are You With Me? | Mick Karn, Colin Fairley | G Major | 5 | 9B | 131 BPM | ||
| Quasi You | Ambitious Lovers | F Major | 7 | 7B | 126 BPM | ||
| Tyed | Tindersticks | B Minor | 6 | 10A | 135 BPM | ||
| Saturday Night Special | Fad Gadget | E Major | 4 | 12B | 89 BPM | ||
| Two Fingers | BangBang, Jay-Jay Johanson | F♯ Major | 7 | 2B | 140 BPM | ||
| First Six Months of Love | Michelle Gurevich | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 140 BPM | ||
| Lust For Loneliness | Thomas Leer | A Minor | 7 | 8A | 171 BPM | ||
| Back | Alpha | B Major | 6 | 1B | 140 BPM | ||
| Businessmen | Patrick Selinger | F Minor | 6 | 4A | 118 BPM | ||
| I Came to Your Party Dressed As a Shadow | Piano Magic | F Minor | 1 | 4A | 110 BPM | ||
| Blue Morning | Carla dal Forno | A♭ Major | 2 | 4B | 127 BPM | ||
| Bright Red | Laurie Anderson | G Minor | 1 | 6A | 116 BPM | ||
| Wait and See - Cgs | The Honeymoon Killers, Les tueurs de la lune de miel | G Major | 7 | 9B | 126 BPM |