The Contortions's 'Design to Kill' had a release date set for January 1, 1979. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:47. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Design to Kill's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 1 out of 9 in Buy by The Contortions. 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, Design to Kill's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.
The tempo marking of Design to Kill by The Contortions is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 120 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
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| Big Dick | Nomeansno | G Major | 10 | 9B | 155 BPM | ||
| D.'s Car Jam / Anxious Mo-Fo | Minutemen | A Major | 8 | 11B | 116 BPM | ||
| Blessed State - 2006 Remastered Version | Wire | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 127 BPM | ||
| Tired Of Waiting | Nomeansno | A Major | 10 | 11B | 123 BPM | ||
| Legs | Massacre | F♯ Major | 9 | 2B | 196 BPM | ||
| Sex Bomb | Flipper | B Minor | 10 | 10A | 129 BPM | ||
| Letter To ZZ Top | U.S. Maple | C Major | 10 | 8B | 98 BPM | ||
| What a Day - Remastered | Throbbing Gristle | G Major | 3 | 9B | 84 BPM | ||
| Born In Flames - The Social Democrats’ Song from a Film by Lizzie Borden, 2025 Remaster | The Red Crayola, Essential Logic, Lora Logic, Gina Birch, Epic Soundtracks | C Major | 7 | 8B | 146 BPM | ||
| You Got Me | Glenn Branca | F Major | 8 | 7B | 180 BPM | ||
| Brickbats - 2006 Digital Remaster | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | D Major | 5 | 10B | 93 BPM | ||
| Pink Flag - 2006 Remastered Version | Wire | A Major | 8 | 11B | 122 BPM | ||
| Being Sucked in Again - 2006 Remastered Version | Wire | A Major | 4 | 11B | 113 BPM | ||
| Glass | Gang Of Four | B Minor | 10 | 10A | 154 BPM | ||
| Kurt's Rejoinder - 2004 Digital Remaster | Brian Eno | F Major | 7 | 7B | 143 BPM | ||
| Dub Housing | Pere Ubu | G Minor | 5 | 6A | 127 BPM | ||
| Son of Sam | Chain Gang | B Minor | 9 | 10A | 94 BPM | ||
| Die You Fuck | Brainbombs | B Major | 8 | 1B | 170 BPM | ||
| Passing Complexion | Big Black | C Major | 9 | 8B | 153 BPM | ||
| Thief of Fire | The Pop Group | A Major | 6 | 11B | 160 BPM | ||
| Dish It Out | james chance, The Contortions | B♭ Major | 10 | 6B | 75 BPM | ||
| Viva | Dog Faced Hermans | B♭ Major | 10 | 6B | 176 BPM | ||
| Skywood Greenback Mantra | Royal Trux | B Minor | 6 | 10A | 99 BPM | ||
| She Is Beyond Good and Evil | The Pop Group | G Major | 6 | 9B | 126 BPM | ||
| Modern Dance | Pere Ubu | F♯ Minor | 8 | 11A | 141 BPM |