The Boomtown Rats's ' "Don't Believe What You Read" was released on its scheduled release date, 1978. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:07. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The song is number 5 out of 14 in A Tonic For The Troops by The Boomtown Rats. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Don't Believe What You Read is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.
The tempo marking of Don't Believe What You Read by The Boomtown Rats is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 91 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. This song can go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of E Major. This also means that 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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence | Mott The Hoople | D Major | 7 | 10B | 132 BPM | ||
| Rock Show | Excel, The Low Spark | B♭ Major | 9 | 6B | 166 BPM | ||
| Blockheads | Ian Dury | A Major | 9 | 11B | 147 BPM | ||
| Rich Kids | Rich Kids | A Major | 7 | 11B | 79 BPM | ||
| Demolition Dancing | The Ruts | A Major | 9 | 11B | 177 BPM | ||
| I'm Giving Up My Worryin' | Status Quo | C Major | 7 | 8B | 132 BPM | ||
| Glory Boys | Secret Affair | D Major | 9 | 10B | 159 BPM | ||
| Right on Sister | Tom Robinson Band | G Major | 10 | 9B | 165 BPM | ||
| Drummer Man | Tonight | A Major | 10 | 11B | 169 BPM | ||
| Guess I Must Have Been In Love With Myself | Pete Shelley | F♯ Major | 7 | 2B | 126 BPM | ||
| Rock 'N' Roll Lady | Showaddywaddy | D Major | 7 | 10B | 161 BPM | ||
| Life Is A Minestrone | 10cc | A Major | 7 | 11B | 126 BPM | ||
| Babylon's Burning | The Ruts | A Minor | 9 | 8A | 168 BPM | ||
| Bully for You | Tom Robinson Band | E♭ Major | 6 | 5B | 116 BPM | ||
| Ecstasy | Raspberries | D Major | 9 | 10B | 130 BPM | ||
| Destiny - Remastered 2002 | Simple Minds | F Minor | 5 | 4A | 200 BPM | ||
| The Bliss of the Hereafter | Half Man Half Biscuit | G Major | 9 | 9B | 146 BPM | ||
| On the Roof | The Adverts | A Major | 7 | 11B | 88 BPM | ||
| Blaze of Glory | The Alarm | A♭ Major | 9 | 4B | 91 BPM | ||
| The Immortal Story - 2008 re-mastered version | The Only Ones | A Major | 9 | 11B | 184 BPM | ||
| Candidate | Slade | D Major | 9 | 10B | 138 BPM | ||
| Ruby Red | Slade | B♭ Major | 9 | 6B | 101 BPM | ||
| True Confessions - B-side of Teenage Kicks | The Undertones | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 170 BPM | ||
| Pearl 'N' Roy (England) | Mott The Hoople | F♯ Major | 8 | 2B | 124 BPM | ||
| Hurt Hurts | The Boomtown Rats | E Major | 10 | 12B | 157 BPM |