The Prisoner
Tears For Fears
The Hurting
2:55 March 7, 1983
BPM
113
Key
F♯ Major
Camelot
2B

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The Prisoner by Tears For Fears Song Details

"The Prisoner" by Tears For Fears had its release date on March 7, 1983. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:55. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Prisoner'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 "The Hurting". In this album, this song's track order is #9. In terms of popularity, The Prisoner is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With The Prisoner by Tears For Fears having a BPM of 113 with a half-time of 56 BPM and a double-time of 226 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.92 dB
Acousticness
8%
Danceability
52%
Energy
93%
Instrumentalness
23%
Liveness
90%
Loudness
90%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records