Colours Fly Away by The Teardrop Explodes Song Details

The Teardrop Explodes's ' "Colours Fly Away" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1981. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:54. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Colours Fly Away's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. This song is part of Wilder by The Teardrop Explodes. The song's track number on the album is #2 out of 19 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, Colours Fly Away's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Colours Fly Away by The Teardrop Explodes has a tempo of 143 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With Colours Fly Away being at 143 BPM, the half-time would be 72 BPM with a double-time of 286 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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