Ship of Fools by Erasure Song Details

Erasure's ' "Ship of Fools" was released on its scheduled release date, May 15, 1988. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:01, 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. There are a total of 13 in the song's album "The Innocents". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Ship of Fools 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

With Ship of Fools by Erasure having a BPM of 101 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 202 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A Minor is the music key of this track. Which also means that the camelot key for this song 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
-13.002 dB
Acousticness
6%
Danceability
61%
Energy
71%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
33%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
2%
Valence
77%

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ISRC
GBAJH0000205
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records