The Way Things Really Are by Chris Isaak Song Details

Chris Isaak's ' "The Way Things Really Are" was released on its scheduled release date, November 13, 2015. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:37. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Way Things Really Are's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 12 out of 17 in First Comes The Night (Deluxe Edition) by Chris Isaak. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, The Way Things Really Are is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Way Things Really Are by Chris Isaak is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 100 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.703 dB
Acousticness
35%
Danceability
62%
Energy
38%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
50%

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ISRC
USC4R1500494
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records