The Real Thing by ABC Song Details

ABC's ' "The Real Thing" was released on its scheduled release date, October 16, 1989. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Up". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, The Real Thing is currently unknown. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With The Real Thing by ABC having a BPM of 119 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 238 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F 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 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.335 dB
Acousticness
13%
Danceability
76%
Energy
75%
Instrumentalness
12%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
79%

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ISRC
GBF088900081
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records