Ships by Split Enz Song Details

Split Enz's ' "Ships" was released on its scheduled release date, 1981. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:01. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. This song is part of Waiata by Split Enz. The song's track number on the album is #9 out of 11 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Ships 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

Since Ships by Split Enz has a tempo of 96 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With Ships being at 96 BPM, the half-time would be 48 BPM with a double-time of 192 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 8A. So, the perfect camelot match for 8A would be either 8A or 7B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 8B or 9A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5A and a high energy boost can either be 10A or 3A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 7A would be a great choice. Where 11A would give you a moderate drop, and 6A or 1A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.633 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
60%
Energy
56%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
26%
Loudness
76%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
42%

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ISRC
GBUM71108899
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records