Sword of Damocles (Externally) by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's ' "Sword of Damocles (Externally)" was released on its scheduled release date, 1992. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:42, 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 Lou Reed's "Magic and Loss" album is number 5 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Sword of Damocles (Externally)'s popularity is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Sword of Damocles (Externally) by Lou Reed to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 120 BPM, a half-time of 60BPM, and a double-time of 240 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

This song is in the music key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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