Kill the Messenger by John Wesley Harding Song Details

John Wesley Harding's ' "Kill the Messenger" was released on its scheduled release date, 1992. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:41, 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. This song is part of Why We Fight by John Wesley Harding. The song's track number on the album is #1 out of 12 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. The popularity of Kill the Messenger is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Kill the Messenger by John Wesley Harding has a tempo of 172 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With Kill the Messenger being at 172 BPM, the half-time would be 86 BPM with a double-time of 344 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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