I Don't Want to Be Alone by Billy Joel Song Details

On March 12, 1980, the song "I Don't Want to Be Alone" was released by Billy Joel. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:57, 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 track order of this song in Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" album is number 6 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, I Don't Want to Be Alone's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of I Don't Want to Be Alone by Billy Joel to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 130 BPM, a half-time of 65BPM, and a double-time of 260 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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