Headline News by "Weird Al" Yankovic Song Details

"Weird Al" Yankovic's ' "Headline News" was released on its scheduled release date, September 27, 1994. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:49, 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. There are a total of 50 in the song's album "Permanent Record: Al In The Box". In this album, this song's track order is #14. In terms of popularity, Headline News is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Headline News by "Weird Al" Yankovic having a BPM of 95 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 190 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E♭ 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 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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