Afternoon by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Song Details

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers's ' "Afternoon" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1977. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:49. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Afternoon's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Rock 'n' Roll With the Modern Lovers (Bonus Track Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Afternoon's popularity is unknown right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Afternoon by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers having a BPM of 138 with a half-time of 69 BPM and a double-time of 276 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.2 dB
Acousticness
31%
Danceability
56%
Energy
32%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
30%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
20%
Valence
56%

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ISRC
GBAJE7700282
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records