How to Build a Fire by Tom Dayer Song Details

Tom Dayer's ' "How to Build a Fire" was released on its scheduled release date, December 15, 2025. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:16. This song does not appear to have any foul language. How to Build a Fire's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. Because this song is the only song in How to Build a Fire and no other songs are present in the album, we classify this track as a single. How to Build a Fire is not that popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of How to Build a Fire by Tom Dayer to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 79 BPM, a half-time of 40BPM, and a double-time of 158 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. 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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