What Keeps Mankind Alive by Tom Waits Song Details

Tom Waits's 'What Keeps Mankind Alive' had a release date set for November 21, 2006. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:09. This song does not appear to have any foul language. What Keeps Mankind Alive's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 56 in the song's album "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. What Keeps Mankind Alive is below average in popularity 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 What Keeps Mankind Alive by Tom Waits having a BPM of 82 with a half-time of 41 BPM and a double-time of 164 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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