The Writer by Ian Dury Song Details

Ian Dury's ' "The Writer" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1992. This song is quite longer than the average track at 5 minutes and 10 seconds. With that being said, this track is also considered explicit and may be offensive to some people. There are a total of 21 in the song's album "The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories". In this album, this song's track order is #19. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. In terms of popularity, The Writer is currently unknown. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With The Writer by Ian Dury having a BPM of 102 with a half-time of 51 BPM and a double-time of 204 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.803 dB
Acousticness
18%
Danceability
90%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
4%
Liveness
24%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
10%
Valence
44%

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ISRC
GBBLG0700186
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records