The Motels's ' "New York Times" was released on its scheduled release date, February 20, 1985. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:57, 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 "Shock". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Based on our statistics, New York Times's popularity is not that popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.
With New York Times by The Motels having a BPM of 130 with a half-time of 65 BPM and a double-time of 260 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel Z | The B-52's | D♭ Major | 8 | 3B | 131 BPM | ||
| Let's Go | Wang Chung | F♯ Major | 7 | 2B | 120 BPM | ||
| She Blinded Me With Science - Extended Version | Thomas Dolby | E Major | 10 | 12B | 105 BPM | ||
| What Is Love? - Extended Mix | Howard Jones | F Major | 9 | 7B | 145 BPM | ||
| '65 Love Affair | Paul Davis | A Minor | 8 | 8A | 155 BPM | ||
| Windows | Missing Persons | F♯ Major | 7 | 2B | 132 BPM | ||
| Dressing Up | The Motels | A Major | 4 | 11B | 119 BPM | ||
| More Than This | Roxy Music | F♯ Major | 7 | 2B | 129 BPM | ||
| Swallowed By The Cracks | David & David | C Major | 7 | 8B | 120 BPM | ||
| Someday | Glass Tiger | D Major | 6 | 10B | 100 BPM | ||
| Somebody's Baby | Jackson Browne | D Major | 7 | 10B | 117 BPM | ||
| In the Mood - 2006 Remaster | Robert Plant | G Major | 7 | 9B | 102 BPM | ||
| She Talks In Stereo | Gary Myrick & The Figures, The Figures | D Minor | 7 | 7A | 118 BPM | ||
| Space Age Love Song | A Flock Of Seagulls | D Major | 7 | 10B | 140 BPM | ||
| Life In One Day | Howard Jones | A♭ Major | 6 | 4B | 97 BPM | ||
| Destination Unknown | Missing Persons | F Major | 5 | 7B | 121 BPM | ||
| One Thing Leads To Another | The Fixx | F Minor | 9 | 4A | 137 BPM | ||
| Don't Be Lonely | Quarterflash | D♭ Major | 4 | 3B | 126 BPM | ||
| Ah! Leah! | Donnie Iris | F♯ Major | 8 | 2B | 105 BPM | ||
| Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) | A Flock Of Seagulls | D♭ Major | 8 | 3B | 120 BPM | ||
| Don't Let Go | Wang Chung | E♭ Minor | 6 | 2A | 141 BPM | ||
| Shame | The Motels | C Major | 7 | 8B | 118 BPM | ||
| Right Kind Of Love | Quarterflash | B Minor | 5 | 10A | 118 BPM | ||
| Long Gone Buddy | 'Til Tuesday | F♯ Minor | 8 | 11A | 176 BPM | ||
| The More You Live, The More You Love | A Flock Of Seagulls | B Minor | 8 | 10A | 140 BPM |