Balloon by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's 'Balloon' had a release date set for 2003. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:01, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 36 in the song's album "The Raven (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #15. Balloon is not that popular right now. 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 Balloon by Lou Reed having a BPM of 77 with a half-time of 38 BPM and a double-time of 154 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.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-18.571 dB
Acousticness
96%
Danceability
58%
Energy
4%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
17%
Loudness
69%
Speechiness
11%
Valence
33%

Recommendations

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records