Design to Kill
The Contortions
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2:47 January 1, 1979
BPM
120
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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Design to Kill by The Contortions Song Details

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.

BPM and Tempo

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.

Music Key

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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Popularity
Loudness
-6.073 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
40%
Energy
74%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
45%
Loudness
90%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
39%

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ISRC
USA2Z2200634
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records