Play Dead by James Song Details

James's ' "Play Dead" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1997. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. This song is part of Whiplash by James. The song's track number on the album is #7 out of 11 tracks. In terms of popularity, Play Dead is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Play Dead by James has a tempo of 115 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Moderato (at a moderate speed). With Play Dead being at 115 BPM, the half-time would be 58 BPM with a double-time of 230 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty moderate for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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