In the Sticks by Pretenders Song Details

On January 11, 1981, the song "In the Sticks" was released by Pretenders. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:38. This song does not appear to have any foul language. In the Sticks's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 43 in the song's album "Pretenders II (Deluxe Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #6. The popularity of In the Sticks is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With In the Sticks by Pretenders having a BPM of 171 with a half-time of 86 BPM and a double-time of 342 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 A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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
-7.931 dB
Acousticness
36%
Danceability
59%
Energy
75%
Instrumentalness
72%
Liveness
34%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
98%

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