Cruel by Calexico Song Details

Calexico's 'Cruel' had a release date set for March 31, 2006. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:59, 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 Calexico's "Garden Ruin" 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, Cruel's popularity is unknown 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

We consider the tempo marking of Cruel by Calexico 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

E♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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