Laura by Billy Joel Song Details

Billy Joel's 'Laura' had a release date set for June 23, 1982. This song is quite longer than the average track at 5 minutes and 3 seconds. With that being said, this track is also considered explicit and may be offensive to some people. There are a total of 9 in the song's album "The Nylon Curtain". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Laura 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 Laura by Billy Joel having a BPM of 72 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 144 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) 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

F♯ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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