Cruel by Prefab Sprout Song Details

Prefab Sprout's ' "Cruel" was released on its scheduled release date, March 12, 1984. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:24, 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. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Swoon". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Cruel is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Cruel by Prefab Sprout having a BPM of 65 with a half-time of 32 BPM and a double-time of 130 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Larghetto (rather broadly) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 3A. So, the perfect camelot match for 3A would be either 3A or 2B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 3B or 4A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12A and a high energy boost can either be 5A or 10A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 2A would be a great choice. Where 6A would give you a moderate drop, and 1A or 8A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6B allows you to change the mood.

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