Better off Dead by Bill Withers Song Details

Bill Withers's ' "Better off Dead" was released on its scheduled release date, May 1, 1971. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:14. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Better off Dead's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Bill Withers's "Just As I Am" album is number 12 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Better off Dead's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Better off Dead by Bill Withers to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 123 BPM, a half-time of 62BPM, and a double-time of 246 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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