Word Play by A Tribe Called Quest Song Details

A Tribe Called Quest's ' "Word Play" was released on its scheduled release date, July 30, 1996. Word Play is 2 minutes and 59 seconds long and may contain bad words that may be unsuitable for children. The song is number 14 out of 15 in Beats, Rhymes & Life by A Tribe Called Quest. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, Word Play is currently average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Word Play by A Tribe Called Quest is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 94 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. This song can go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.687 dB
Acousticness
9%
Danceability
89%
Energy
51%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
30%
Valence
70%

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ISRC
GBAHK9600116
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records