Thick As Thieves
The Jam
Setting Sons
3:38 November 17, 1979
BPM
167
Key
E Major
Camelot
12B

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Thick As Thieves by The Jam Song Details

On November 17, 1979, the song "Thick As Thieves" was released by The Jam. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:38, 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 10 in the song's album "Setting Sons". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. The popularity of Thick As Thieves is currently below average in popularity right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Thick As Thieves by The Jam having a BPM of 167 with a half-time of 84 BPM and a double-time of 334 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. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-7.278 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
31%
Energy
93%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
87%

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ISRC
GBAKW7900128
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records