It Doesn't Have to Be This Way by The Blow Monkeys Song Details

On October 18, 2013, the song "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" was released by The Blow Monkeys. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:34, 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 55 in the song's album "So80s (So Eighties) Pres. FORMEL EINS curated by Blank & Jones". In this album, this song's track order is #11. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, It Doesn't Have to Be This Way's popularity is unknown right now. 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 It Doesn't Have to Be This Way by The Blow Monkeys having a BPM of 123 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 246 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 has a musical key of B Minor. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10A. So, the perfect camelot match for 10A would be either 10A or 9B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 10B or 11A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7A and a high energy boost can either be 12A or 5A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 9A would be a great choice. Where 1A would give you a moderate drop, and 8A or 3A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.807 dB
Acousticness
5%
Danceability
70%
Energy
86%
Instrumentalness
14%
Liveness
3%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
96%

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ISRC
GBARL1301199
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records