Shapes of Things by FM Song Details

FM's ' "Shapes of Things" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1979. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:03. 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. There are a total of 9 in the song's album "Surveillance". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Shapes of Things is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Shapes of Things by FM having a BPM of 119 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 238 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate 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

A 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 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
-13.015 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
60%
Energy
64%
Instrumentalness
6%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
58%

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ISRC
GBBLY1300612
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records