One Step Closer by U2 Song Details

"One Step Closer" by U2 had its release date on January 1, 2004. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:48, 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 U2's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" album is number 9 out of 12. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of One Step Closer 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 One Step Closer by U2 to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 178 BPM, a half-time of 89BPM, and a double-time of 356 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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