Civilization by David Byrne Song Details

David Byrne's ' "Civilization" was released on its scheduled release date, March 15, 2004. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:17. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in David Byrne's "Grown Backwards (Deluxe Edition)" album is number 11 out of 21. In terms of popularity, Civilization is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Civilization by David Byrne to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 105 BPM, a half-time of 52BPM, and a double-time of 210 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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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Popularity
Loudness
-9.028 dB
Acousticness
5%
Danceability
68%
Energy
51%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
66%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records