Drifter by David Gates Song Details

David Gates's ' "Drifter" was released on its scheduled release date, 1978. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:41, 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 David Gates's "Goodbye Girl" album is number 6 out of 12. Drifter is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Drifter by David Gates to be Adagio (slowly with great expression) because the track has a tempo of 74 BPM, a half-time of 37BPM, and a double-time of 148 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E Minor is the music key of this track. Because this track belongs in the E Minor key, the camelot key is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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