Crime Pays by Daryl Hall & John Oates Song Details

On October 4, 1982, the song "Crime Pays" was released by Daryl Hall & John Oates. 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. The track order of this song in Daryl Hall & John Oates's "H2O" album is number 2 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Crime Pays's popularity is average in popularity 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

We consider the tempo marking of Crime Pays by Daryl Hall & John Oates to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 124 BPM, a half-time of 62BPM, and a double-time of 248 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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