Prelude / Angry Young Man by Billy Joel Song Details

Billy Joel's ' "Prelude / Angry Young Man" was released on its scheduled release date, May 19, 1976. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 8 in the song's album "Turnstiles". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Prelude / Angry Young Man is currently average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Prelude / Angry Young Man by Billy Joel having a BPM of 92 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 184 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G 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 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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