Taking Chances by Billy Ocean Song Details

Billy Ocean's ' "Taking Chances" was released on its scheduled release date, July 1, 1980. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:15, 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 8 out of 16 in City Limit (Expanded Edition) by Billy Ocean. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. The popularity of Taking Chances is currently not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Taking Chances by Billy Ocean is Prestissimo (even faster than presto), since this song has a tempo of 206 BPM. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

B♭ Minor is the music key of this track. Because this track belongs in the B♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 3A. So, the perfect camelot match for 3A would be either 3A or 2B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 3B or 4A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12A and a high energy boost can either be 5A or 10A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 2A would be a great choice. Where 6A would give you a moderate drop, and 1A or 8A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.734 dB
Acousticness
27%
Danceability
51%
Energy
36%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
36%
Valence
46%

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ISRC
GBBBM8100039
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records