Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan Song Details

On March 1, 1980, the song "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" was released by Japan. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in Japan's "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" album is number 1 out of 8. Based on our statistics, Gentlemen Take Polaroids's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 124 BPM, a half-time of 62BPM, and a double-time of 248 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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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Popularity
Loudness
-8.034 dB
Acousticness
35%
Danceability
66%
Energy
74%
Instrumentalness
13%
Liveness
19%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
80%

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ISRC
QZMEP2545910
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records