Slipping Away by Rick Astley Song Details

Rick Astley's ' "Slipping Away" was released on its scheduled release date, November 12, 1987. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:52, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. This song is part of Whenever You Need Somebody by Rick Astley. The song's track number on the album is #7 out of 10 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Slipping Away is currently below average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since Slipping Away by Rick Astley has a tempo of 117 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Moderato (at a moderate speed). With Slipping Away being at 117 BPM, the half-time would be 58 BPM with a double-time of 234 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty moderate for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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