Running by Gil Scott-Heron Song Details

Gil Scott-Heron's 'Running' had a release date set for February 8, 2010. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:00. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Running's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Gil Scott-Heron's "I’m New Here (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)" album is number 12 out of 25. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Running's popularity is below average in popularity 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

We consider the tempo marking of Running by Gil Scott-Heron to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 129 BPM, a half-time of 64BPM, and a double-time of 258 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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