What's He Building? by Tom Waits Song Details

"What's He Building?" by Tom Waits had its release date on April 27, 1999. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:20. 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 track order of this song in Tom Waits's "Mule Variations (Remastered)" album is number 8 out of 16. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, What's He Building? is currently below average in popularity. 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 What's He Building? by Tom Waits to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 108 BPM, a half-time of 54BPM, and a double-time of 216 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Minor. Because this track belongs in the B♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 3A. So, the perfect camelot match for 3A would be either 3A or 2B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 3B or 4A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12A and a high energy boost can either be 5A or 10A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 2A would be a great choice. Where 6A would give you a moderate drop, and 1A or 8A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-16.676 dB
Acousticness
51%
Danceability
45%
Energy
61%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
46%
Loudness
72%
Speechiness
50%
Valence
14%

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ISRC
USEP41718072
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records