The Only Time by Nine Inch Nails Song Details

Nine Inch Nails's ' "The Only Time" was released on its scheduled release date, October 20, 1989. This song is quite longer than the average track at 4 minutes and 47 seconds. With that being said, this track is also considered explicit and may be offensive to some people. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Pretty Hate Machine (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #9. The popularity of The Only Time is currently below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With The Only Time by Nine Inch Nails having a BPM of 189 with a half-time of 94 BPM and a double-time of 378 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B Minor. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10A. So, the perfect camelot match for 10A would be either 10A or 9B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 10B or 11A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7A and a high energy boost can either be 12A or 5A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 9A would be a great choice. Where 1A would give you a moderate drop, and 8A or 3A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1B allows you to change the mood.

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