On The Air by Peter Gabriel Song Details

Peter Gabriel's 'On The Air' had a release date set for June 2, 1978. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:34, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, On The Air'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

With On The Air by Peter Gabriel having a BPM of 141 with a half-time of 70 BPM and a double-time of 282 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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