The Criminal Kind by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Song Details

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's ' "The Criminal Kind" was released on its scheduled release date, May 5, 1981. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:00, 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 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's "Hard Promises" album is number 9 out of 10. The popularity of The Criminal Kind is currently below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Criminal Kind by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 175 BPM, a half-time of 88BPM, and a double-time of 350 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. 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 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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