The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues Song Details

The Pogues's 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' had a release date set for 1985. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 18 in the song's album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #12. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is currently average in popularity. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues having a BPM of 105 with a half-time of 52 BPM and a double-time of 210 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

Want to find the BPM and music key for other songs? Check out our BPM and Key Finder page!