Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) by Elvis Costello Song Details

Elvis Costello's ' "Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)" was released on its scheduled release date, May 14, 1991. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:05, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Elvis Costello's "Mighty Like A Rose" album is number 2 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over) by Elvis Costello to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 179 BPM, a half-time of 90BPM, and a double-time of 358 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B Minor is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10A. So, the perfect camelot match for 10A would be either 10A or 9B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 10B or 11A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7A and a high energy boost can either be 12A or 5A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 9A would be a great choice. Where 1A would give you a moderate drop, and 8A or 3A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1B allows you to change the mood.

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