Boy by Tricky Song Details

Tricky's 'Boy' had a release date set for January 22, 2016. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:54. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Boy's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 13 in the song's album "Skilled Mechanics". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Based on our statistics, Boy's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Boy by Tricky 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.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.163 dB
Acousticness
10%
Danceability
85%
Energy
48%
Instrumentalness
2%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
9%
Valence
30%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records