Why by The Cranberries Song Details

The Cranberries's 'Why' had a release date set for April 28, 2017. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 13 in the song's album "Something Else". In this album, this song's track order is #13. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Why 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 Why by The Cranberries having a BPM of 83 with a half-time of 42 BPM and a double-time of 166 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.896 dB
Acousticness
45%
Danceability
46%
Energy
64%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
15%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
26%

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ISRC
GB5KW1700219
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records