Tough by Kurtis Blow Song Details

Kurtis Blow's ' "Tough" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1994. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "The Best Of Kurtis Blow". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Tough 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 Tough by Kurtis Blow having a BPM of 107 with a half-time of 54 BPM and a double-time of 214 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. 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
-13.016 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
92%
Energy
41%
Instrumentalness
4%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
21%
Valence
50%

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ISRC
USPR38200030
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records