Spiral Staircase by Ralph McTell Song Details

On January 1, 1969, the song "Spiral Staircase" was released by Ralph McTell. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:31, 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 17 in the song's album "Spiral Staircase (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Spiral Staircase is currently unknown. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Spiral Staircase by Ralph McTell having a BPM of 95 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 190 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.428 dB
Acousticness
22%
Danceability
64%
Energy
63%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
92%

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ISRC
GBAJE6900548
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records