The Short Answer by Billy Bragg Song Details

Billy Bragg's ' "The Short Answer" was released on its scheduled release date, 1988. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. This song is part of Workers Playtime by Billy Bragg. The song's track number on the album is #10 out of 22 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, The Short Answer's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

Since The Short Answer by Billy Bragg has a tempo of 125 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With The Short Answer being at 125 BPM, the half-time would be 62 BPM with a double-time of 250 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-8.972 dB
Acousticness
57%
Danceability
69%
Energy
38%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
57%

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ISRC
GBCEJ0599687
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records