Wrecking Ball by Gillian Welch Song Details

Gillian Welch's 'Wrecking Ball' had a release date set for June 3, 2003. 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 10 in the song's album "Soul Journey". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Wrecking Ball's popularity is below average in popularity right now. 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

With Wrecking Ball by Gillian Welch having a BPM of 145 with a half-time of 72 BPM and a double-time of 290 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.744 dB
Acousticness
25%
Danceability
47%
Energy
41%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
17%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
38%

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ISRC
US2AR0130510
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records