Joking Aside by Pulp Song Details

Pulp's 'Joking Aside' had a release date set for January 1, 1983. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:19, 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. The track order of this song in Pulp's "It" album is number 3 out of 8. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Joking Aside is currently not that popular. 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

We consider the tempo marking of Joking Aside by Pulp to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 95 BPM, a half-time of 48BPM, and a double-time of 190 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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