Why by Michael Nyman Song Details

Michael Nyman's 'Why' had a release date set for May 4, 2007. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:01. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 16 in the song's album "The Piano Sings". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Why's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Why by Michael Nyman having a BPM of 137 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 274 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-25.26 dB
Acousticness
97%
Danceability
44%
Energy
10%
Instrumentalness
83%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
58%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
28%

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ISRC
GBDVE0500028
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records