Cathedral by Robyn Hitchcock Song Details

Robyn Hitchcock's ' "Cathedral" was released on its scheduled release date, September 1, 1984. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:43, 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 Robyn Hitchcock's "I Often Dream of Trains" album is number 3 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Cathedral is currently unknown right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Cathedral by Robyn Hitchcock to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 174 BPM, a half-time of 87BPM, and a double-time of 348 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Minor. Because this track belongs in the D Minor key, the camelot key is 7A. So, the perfect camelot match for 7A would be either 7A or 6B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 7B or 8A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4A and a high energy boost can either be 9A or 2A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 6A would be a great choice. Where 10A would give you a moderate drop, and 5A or 12A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.757 dB
Acousticness
71%
Danceability
37%
Energy
33%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
28%
Loudness
84%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
60%

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ISRC
USY1R0718603
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records