Bad Man by Loudon Wainwright III Song Details

Loudon Wainwright III's ' "Bad Man" was released on its scheduled release date, April 28, 2000. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:21. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "Social Studies". In this album, this song's track order is #11. In terms of popularity, Bad Man is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Bad Man by Loudon Wainwright III having a BPM of 93 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 186 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.283 dB
Acousticness
17%
Danceability
63%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
30%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
64%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records