A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) by Paul Simon Song Details

Paul Simon's ' "A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)" was released on its scheduled release date, August 1, 1965. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:17. This song does not appear to have any foul language. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "The Paul Simon Songbook". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)'s popularity is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission) by Paul Simon having a BPM of 121 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 242 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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