The Ability to Swing by Thomas Dolby Song Details

Thomas Dolby's ' "The Ability to Swing" was released on its scheduled release date, June 29, 1987. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:27, 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 song is number 8 out of 16 in Blinded With Science by Thomas Dolby. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, The Ability to Swing 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.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Ability to Swing by Thomas Dolby is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 114 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B Minor. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10A. So, the perfect camelot match for 10A would be either 10A or 9B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 10B or 11A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7A and a high energy boost can either be 12A or 5A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 9A would be a great choice. Where 1A would give you a moderate drop, and 8A or 3A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1B allows you to change the mood.

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