Only A Memory by The Smithereens Song Details

The Smithereens's ' "Only A Memory" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1988. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:43, 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. The track order of this song in The Smithereens's "Green Thoughts" album is number 1 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Only A Memory's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Only A Memory by The Smithereens to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 133 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 266 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 has a musical key of A♭ Minor. Because this track belongs in the A♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 1A. So, the perfect camelot match for 1A would be either 1A or 12B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 1B or 2A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10A and a high energy boost can either be 3A or 8A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 12A would be a great choice. Where 4A would give you a moderate drop, and 11A or 6A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4B allows you to change the mood.

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