Down In The Subway by Soft Cell Song Details

On January 1, 1984, the song "Down In The Subway" was released by Soft Cell. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:51. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Down In The Subway's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "This Last Night In Sodom". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. The popularity of Down In The Subway is currently not that popular right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Down In The Subway by Soft Cell having a BPM of 169 with a half-time of 84 BPM and a double-time of 338 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-4.987 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
37%
Energy
94%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
33%
Loudness
92%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
81%

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ISRC
GBF088490122
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records