On 1987, the song "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" was released by The Blow Monkeys. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:04, 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 15 in the song's album "She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, It Doesn't Have to Be This Way is currently average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.
With It Doesn't Have to Be This Way by The Blow Monkeys having a BPM of 97 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 194 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shattered Dreams - 12" Extended Mix / 2008 Digital Remaster | Johnny Hates Jazz | B♭ Major | 7 | 6B | 121 BPM | ||
| History | Mai Tai | E Minor | 8 | 9A | 102 BPM | ||
| Where In The World | Swing Out Sister | F Major | 6 | 7B | 120 BPM | ||
| Motortown | The Kane Gang | G Major | 7 | 9B | 117 BPM | ||
| Special Kind Of Love | Dina Carroll | E♭ Major | 7 | 5B | 119 BPM | ||
| Supersexy Girl | Fundacion Tony Manero | C Minor | 8 | 5A | 112 BPM | ||
| Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix) | The Real Thing, Bob Mallett | D Major | 9 | 10B | 110 BPM | ||
| Surrender | Swing Out Sister | A♭ Minor | 7 | 1A | 104 BPM | ||
| The Perfect Moment | The Christians | D Major | 6 | 10B | 88 BPM | ||
| You Are My World | The Communards | G Major | 8 | 9B | 112 BPM | ||
| Feel so Real - 2006 Remaster | Steve Arrington | C Major | 8 | 8B | 114 BPM | ||
| Never Can Say Goodbye | The Communards | F Major | 8 | 7B | 132 BPM | ||
| Strange Kind Of Love | Love & Money | B Minor | 5 | 10A | 111 BPM | ||
| Time Storm | The Blow Monkeys | C Major | 9 | 8B | 97 BPM | ||
| What You Won't Do for Love | Go West | D♭ Major | 7 | 3B | 84 BPM | ||
| Could It Be I'm Falling in Love | David Grant, Jaki Graham | C Major | 4 | 8B | 103 BPM | ||
| Icing On The Cake | Stephen Duffy | A Major | 7 | 11B | 120 BPM | ||
| The Broken Years | Hipsway | D Minor | 8 | 7A | 120 BPM | ||
| My One Temptation | Mica Paris | G Minor | 7 | 6A | 110 BPM | ||
| Happy Hour | The Housemartins | D Major | 9 | 10B | 116 BPM | ||
| Ordinary Day | Curiosity Killed The Cat | G Major | 9 | 9B | 122 BPM | ||
| Invisible - Single Version | Alison Moyet | D Major | 6 | 10B | 97 BPM | ||
| Children Say - Remix | Level 42 | A Major | 7 | 11B | 113 BPM | ||
| Who Found Who | Jellybean, Elisa Fiorillo | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 118 BPM | ||
| Love on Your Side | Thompson Twins | C Major | 7 | 8B | 113 BPM |