Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect)
Ian Hunter
Once Bitten Twice Shy
3:54 October 31, 1996
BPM
157
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect) by Ian Hunter Song Details

Ian Hunter's ' "Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect)" was released on its scheduled release date, October 31, 1996. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:54, 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. There are a total of 38 in the song's album "Once Bitten Twice Shy". In this album, this song's track order is #16. Based on our statistics, Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect)'s popularity is not that popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect) by Ian Hunter having a BPM of 157 with a half-time of 78 BPM and a double-time of 314 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-7.068 dB
Acousticness
11%
Danceability
33%
Energy
87%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
32%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
50%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records