Far Cry by Marvin Gaye Song Details

Marvin Gaye's ' "Far Cry" was released on its scheduled release date, January 15, 1981. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:28, 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 Marvin Gaye's "In Our Lifetime? Expanded Love Man Edition" album is number 5 out of 28. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Far Cry is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Far Cry by Marvin Gaye to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 108 BPM, a half-time of 54BPM, and a double-time of 216 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. 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 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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