True Story by Shel Silverstein Song Details

Shel Silverstein's ' "True Story" was released on its scheduled release date, 1984. With This song being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. This song is part of Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. The song's track number on the album is #42 out of 47 tracks. The popularity of True Story is currently not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since True Story by Shel Silverstein has a tempo of 168 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With True Story being at 168 BPM, the half-time would be 84 BPM with a double-time of 336 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

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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Popularity
Loudness
-15.905 dB
Acousticness
84%
Danceability
64%
Energy
28%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
21%
Loudness
73%
Speechiness
96%
Valence
71%

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