Memphis Train Blues by R.E.M. Song Details

R.E.M.'s 'Memphis Train Blues' had a release date set for May 16, 2014. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:40, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The song is number 5 out of 131 in Complete Rarities 1988-2011 by R.E.M.. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Memphis Train Blues is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Memphis Train Blues by R.E.M. is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 96 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. This also means that 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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