Sailor by Big Country Song Details

Big Country's ' "Sailor" was released on its scheduled release date, July 14, 1986. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 26 in the song's album "The Seer (Re-Presents)". In this album, this song's track order is #10. The popularity of Sailor is currently not that popular right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Sailor by Big Country having a BPM of 173 with a half-time of 86 BPM and a double-time of 346 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and 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

G Major is the music key of this track. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-9.796 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
29%
Energy
88%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
34%
Loudness
84%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
64%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records