Cremation (Ashes to Ashes) by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's 'Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)' had a release date set for 1992. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:54. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Lou Reed's "Magic and Loss" album is number 7 out of 14. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Cremation (Ashes to Ashes) is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Cremation (Ashes to Ashes) by Lou Reed to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 101 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 202 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that 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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