Animotion's ' "One Step Ahead" was released on its scheduled release date, February 10, 1986. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:35, 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 "Strange Behavior". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, One Step Ahead's popularity is unknown right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.
With One Step Ahead by Animotion having a BPM of 133 with a half-time of 66 BPM and a double-time of 266 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
D Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Is Love? - Extended Mix | Howard Jones | F Major | 9 | 7B | 145 BPM | ||
| I Wanted To Tell Her | Ministry | C Major | 6 | 8B | 120 BPM | ||
| Feel Me | Blancmange | D Major | 9 | 10B | 111 BPM | ||
| All She Wants Is - 2010 Remaster | Duran Duran | D Major | 7 | 10B | 120 BPM | ||
| Two Tribes - Cowboys & Indians Original 7" | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | G Major | 9 | 9B | 130 BPM | ||
| Deeper And Deeper | The Fixx | D♭ Major | 5 | 3B | 111 BPM | ||
| Wot's It To Ya | Robbie Nevil | G Major | 7 | 9B | 92 BPM | ||
| Touched by the Hand of God | New Order | C Major | 9 | 8B | 112 BPM | ||
| Winning the War | 'Til Tuesday | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 119 BPM | ||
| Dreaming - Remastered 2019 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | C Major | 9 | 8B | 125 BPM | ||
| Automatic | The Pointer Sisters | F Major | 7 | 7B | 111 BPM | ||
| I Want A New Drug | Huey Lewis & The News | D Major | 9 | 10B | 110 BPM | ||
| I Engineer - 12 Inch Remix Version | Animotion | A Minor | 9 | 8A | 117 BPM | ||
| Beat's So Lonely | Charlie Sexton | C Major | 9 | 8B | 156 BPM | ||
| Wait - From "To Live And Die In L.A." Soundtrack | Wang Chung | G Major | 5 | 9B | 104 BPM | ||
| Life's Rich Tapestry | Modern English | A Major | 4 | 11B | 176 BPM | ||
| Let Me Go - Remastered 2006 | Heaven 17 | B♭ Minor | 8 | 3A | 107 BPM | ||
| Something About You - 7" Version | Level 42 | A Major | 5 | 11B | 140 BPM | ||
| Planet Earth - 2010 Remaster | Duran Duran | C Major | 9 | 8B | 131 BPM | ||
| I Want Your (Hands on Me) | Sinéad O'Connor | B Major | 9 | 1B | 105 BPM | ||
| Let The Music Play | Shannon | B♭ Minor | 7 | 3A | 115 BPM | ||
| Infatuation | Rod Stewart | B Minor | 6 | 10A | 107 BPM | ||
| Windows | Missing Persons | F♯ Major | 7 | 2B | 132 BPM | ||
| The Sound Of The Crowd - Remastered 2002 | The Human League | G Major | 5 | 9B | 145 BPM | ||
| Openhearted | Real Life | D Minor | 8 | 7A | 126 BPM |