Take The L by The Motels Song Details

The Motels's 'Take The L' had a release date set for January 1, 1990. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:38, 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 19 in the song's album "No Vacancy: The Best Of The Motels". In this album, this song's track order is #12. In terms of popularity, Take The L is currently not that popular. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Take The L by The Motels having a BPM of 114 with a half-time of 57 BPM and a double-time of 228 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 C Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-16.664 dB
Acousticness
4%
Danceability
60%
Energy
37%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
17%
Loudness
72%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
33%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records