Be Prepared by Rainer, Calexico Song Details

"Be Prepared" by Rainer, Calexico had its release date on May 7, 2012. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:35, 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. There are a total of 18 in the song's album "The Inner Flame: A Tribute to Rainer Ptacek". In this album, this song's track order is #18. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Be Prepared'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 Be Prepared by Rainer, Calexico having a BPM of 130 with a half-time of 65 BPM and a double-time of 260 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 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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
-12.96 dB
Acousticness
86%
Danceability
52%
Energy
21%
Instrumentalness
53%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
GBCKK1121818
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records