What? by Soft Cell Song Details

Soft Cell's ' "What?" was released on its scheduled release date, 1981. 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 7 in the song's album "Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. What? is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With What? by Soft Cell having a BPM of 76 with a half-time of 38 BPM and a double-time of 152 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) 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 has a musical key of A Minor. Because this track belongs in the A Minor key, the camelot key is 8A. So, the perfect camelot match for 8A would be either 8A or 7B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 8B or 9A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5A and a high energy boost can either be 10A or 3A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 7A would be a great choice. Where 11A would give you a moderate drop, and 6A or 1A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.414 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
51%
Energy
69%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
14%
Valence
57%

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ISRC
GBF088200768
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records