Biko by Peter Gabriel Song Details

Peter Gabriel's 'Biko' had a release date set for November 20, 1990. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 16 in the song's album "Shaking The Tree - 16 Golden Greats (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #16. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. The popularity of Biko is currently below average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Biko by Peter Gabriel having a BPM of 179 with a half-time of 90 BPM and a double-time of 358 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 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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