Dust Bowl by 10,000 Maniacs Song Details

"Dust Bowl" by 10,000 Maniacs had its release date on May 2, 1989. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:12, 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 song is number 8 out of 11 in Blind Man's Zoo by 10,000 Maniacs. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Dust Bowl is currently below average in popularity. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Dust Bowl by 10,000 Maniacs is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 116 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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
-13.757 dB
Acousticness
75%
Danceability
69%
Energy
13%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
USEE10181054
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records