What's Going On by Cyndi Lauper Song Details

Cyndi Lauper's ' "What's Going On" was released on its scheduled release date, November 13, 2000. 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. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "Time After Time: The Best Of". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, What's Going On is currently not that popular. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With What's Going On by Cyndi Lauper having a BPM of 99 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 198 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.15 dB
Acousticness
40%
Danceability
38%
Energy
68%
Instrumentalness
4%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
42%

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ISRC
USSM18600634
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records