Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards
Jad Fair, Yo La Tengo
Strange But True
1:48 December 12, 2025
BPM
93
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards by Jad Fair, Yo La Tengo Song Details

Jad Fair, Yo La Tengo's 'Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards' had a release date set for December 12, 2025. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:48, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 22 in the song's album "Strange But True". In this album, this song's track order is #20. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards is currently below average in popularity. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards by Jad Fair, Yo La Tengo having a BPM of 93 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 186 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.157 dB
Acousticness
12%
Danceability
60%
Energy
33%
Instrumentalness
75%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
27%

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ISRC
USJZA2551520
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records