Big Sky by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's ' "Big Sky" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2000. At 6 minutes and 32 seconds, this song is fairly long compared to the average song length. On top of that, this track is considered explicit and may be disturbing to some, including children. The song is number 14 out of 14 in Ecstasy (U.S. Version) by Lou Reed. Based on our statistics, Big Sky's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Big Sky by Lou Reed is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 125 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

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.765 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
42%
Energy
89%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
89%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
49%

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