Vicious Circle by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's 'Vicious Circle' had a release date set for October 1, 1976. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:54. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Vicious Circle's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Rock And Roll Heart". In this album, this song's track order is #10. In terms of popularity, Vicious Circle is currently not that popular. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Vicious Circle by Lou Reed having a BPM of 108 with a half-time of 54 BPM and a double-time of 216 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.346 dB
Acousticness
20%
Danceability
64%
Energy
43%
Instrumentalness
4%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
36%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records