What A Way To Go by Dr. Hook Song Details

On January 1, 2012, the song "What A Way To Go" was released by Dr. Hook. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:40, 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. The song is number 15 out of 40 in All The Best by Dr. Hook. Based on our statistics, What A Way To Go's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of What A Way To Go by Dr. Hook is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 122 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.932 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
76%
Energy
80%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
13%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
90%

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