What's Next by Run–D.M.C. Song Details

On May 4, 1993, the song "What's Next" was released by Run–D.M.C.. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:03, 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 song is number 13 out of 15 in Down With The King by Run–D.M.C.. Based on our statistics, What's Next's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of What's Next by Run–D.M.C. is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 156 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.871 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
84%
Energy
50%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
59%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
36%
Valence
82%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records