The Way We Were by Shirley Bassey Song Details

"The Way We Were" by Shirley Bassey had its release date on January 1, 1975. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Way We Were's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Shirley Bassey's "Good, Bad but Beautiful" album is number 5 out of 12. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, The Way We Were's popularity is below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Way We Were by Shirley Bassey to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 149 BPM, a half-time of 74BPM, and a double-time of 298 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

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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