Helpless by The Manhattan Transfer Song Details

On August 19, 1976, the song "Helpless" was released by The Manhattan Transfer. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:57. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Helpless's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 4 out of 11 in Coming Out by The Manhattan Transfer. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Based on our statistics, Helpless's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Helpless by The Manhattan Transfer is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 149 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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