The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
The Jam
The Gift (Deluxe Edition)
3:33 March 12, 1982
BPM
112
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) by The Jam Song Details

On March 12, 1982, the song "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)" was released by The Jam. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:33, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 30 in the song's album "The Gift (Deluxe Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #14. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) is currently average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) by The Jam having a BPM of 112 with a half-time of 56 BPM and a double-time of 224 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.317 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
48%
Energy
68%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
87%

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ISRC
GBAKW8201006
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records