Turn Out the Light by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's ' "Turn Out the Light" was released on its scheduled release date, March 1, 1983. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Turn Out the Light's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Lou Reed's "Legendary Hearts" album is number 6 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Turn Out the Light is currently not that popular 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 Turn Out the Light by Lou Reed to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 164 BPM, a half-time of 82BPM, and a double-time of 328 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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