Keep Away by Lou Reed Song Details

On April 1, 1980, the song "Keep Away" was released by Lou Reed. 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. The track order of this song in Lou Reed's "Growing Up In Public" album is number 3 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Keep Away's popularity is not that popular 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 Keep Away by Lou Reed to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 141 BPM, a half-time of 70BPM, and a double-time of 282 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 is in the music key of D♭ Minor. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12A. So, the perfect camelot match for 12A would be either 12A or 11B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 12B or 1A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9A and a high energy boost can either be 2A or 7A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 11A would be a great choice. Where 3A would give you a moderate drop, and 10A or 5A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3B allows you to change the mood.

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