Temptation by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Song Details

On 1980, the song "Temptation" was released by Elvis Costello & The Attractions. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:32. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Temptation's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Elvis Costello & The Attractions's "Get Happy" album is number 18 out of 20. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Temptation's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Temptation by Elvis Costello & The Attractions to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 146 BPM, a half-time of 73BPM, and a double-time of 292 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A Major is the music key of this track. 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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