Make Up by Lou Reed Song Details

Lou Reed's ' "Make Up" was released on its scheduled release date, December 1, 1972. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:58. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Make Up's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Transformer". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Make Up is currently average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Make Up by Lou Reed having a BPM of 97 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 194 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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