Close to the Borderline
Billy Joel
Glass Houses
3:46 March 12, 1980
BPM
91
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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Close to the Borderline by Billy Joel Song Details

Billy Joel's ' "Close to the Borderline" was released on its scheduled release date, March 12, 1980. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:46, 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. The track order of this song in Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" album is number 9 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Close to the Borderline is currently below average in popularity. 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 Close to the Borderline by Billy Joel to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 91 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 182 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.115 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
61%
Energy
80%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
4%
Loudness
90%
Speechiness
9%
Valence
78%

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ISRC
USSM17900403
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records