Route 66 by Depeche Mode Song Details

Depeche Mode's ' "Route 66" was released on its scheduled release date, September 28, 1987. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:10, 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. The track order of this song in Depeche Mode's "Music for the Masses (Deluxe)" album is number 16 out of 18. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Route 66's popularity is average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Route 66 by Depeche Mode to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 133 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 266 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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