The Way Things Are by Blue Song Details

Blue's ' "The Way Things Are" was released on its scheduled release date, June 4, 1973. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:17. 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. The song is number 12 out of 13 in Blue by Blue. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, The Way Things Are's popularity is not that popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Way Things Are by Blue is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 120 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.268 dB
Acousticness
21%
Danceability
68%
Energy
58%
Instrumentalness
6%
Liveness
21%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
55%

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ISRC
GB8TA1000065
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records