Shanghai Surprise by George Harrison Song Details

George Harrison's ' "Shanghai Surprise" was released on its scheduled release date, November 2, 1987. 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. The song is number 12 out of 14 in Cloud Nine by George Harrison. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Shanghai Surprise is currently below average in popularity. 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 Shanghai Surprise by George Harrison is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 118 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. This also means that 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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