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.
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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weightless - 2006 Remaster | The Blue Aeroplanes | D Major | 4 | 10B | 207 BPM | ||
| The Rain In My Heart | Weddings Parties Anything | F Major | 3 | 7B | 103 BPM | ||
| Valley of the Lost Women | John Cooper Clarke | C Major | 5 | 8B | 138 BPM | ||
| She's Losing It | Belle and Sebastian | G Major | 4 | 9B | 75 BPM | ||
| The Seabirds | The Triffids | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 130 BPM | ||
| The Saturday Option | Lambchop | D Major | 4 | 10B | 143 BPM | ||
| Beyond the Pale | Big Audio Dynamite | B♭ Major | 9 | 6B | 120 BPM | ||
| God in Chicago | Craig Finn | F Major | 4 | 7B | 118 BPM | ||
| Walkin' Talkin' | The Men They Couldn't Hang | C Major | 9 | 8B | 143 BPM | ||
| The World's On Fire | The Housemartins | A Major | 5 | 11B | 91 BPM | ||
| Dress Sexy At My Funeral | Smog | G Minor | 5 | 6A | 96 BPM | ||
| Man of Constant Sorrow (With a Garage in Constant Use) | Half Man Half Biscuit | A♭ Major | 9 | 4B | 124 BPM | ||
| Why I Love Country Music - Remastered | Lloyd Cole and the Commotions | D Major | 6 | 10B | 133 BPM | ||
| Radio King | Golden Smog | G Major | 4 | 9B | 85 BPM | ||
| Submarine Bells | The Chills | E♭ Major | 1 | 5B | 80 BPM | ||
| Vessel In Vain | Smog | B Major | 4 | 1B | 132 BPM | ||
| A Father And A Son | Loudon Wainwright III | D Major | 1 | 10B | 83 BPM | ||
| Julie Ocean | The Undertones | B Minor | 4 | 10A | 122 BPM | ||
| Keep It - 2000 Remaster | Dexys Midnight Runners | A Major | 5 | 11B | 98 BPM | ||
| The Stars of Track & Field | Belle and Sebastian | B Major | 3 | 1B | 121 BPM | ||
| Ghosts of Cable Street | The Men They Couldn't Hang | G Major | 7 | 9B | 146 BPM | ||
| Charlotte Street | Lloyd Cole and the Commotions | A Major | 8 | 11B | 130 BPM | ||
| Brickbat | Billy Bragg | G Major | 2 | 9B | 150 BPM | ||
| An Elegant Chaos | Julian Cope | F Major | 7 | 7B | 122 BPM | ||
| Dirty Blvd. | Lou Reed | G Major | 5 | 9B | 157 BPM |