Distant Fingers by Patti Smith Song Details

Patti Smith's 'Distant Fingers' had a release date set for October 10, 2025. 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 Patti Smith's "Horses (50th Anniversary)" album is number 7 out of 17. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Distant Fingers is currently below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Distant Fingers by Patti Smith to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 183 BPM, a half-time of 92BPM, and a double-time of 366 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Minor. Because this track belongs in the A Minor key, the camelot key 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
-12.493 dB
Acousticness
88%
Danceability
36%
Energy
19%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
22%

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ISRC
USAR12500267
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records