Step Back by Eric B. & Rakim Song Details

Eric B. & Rakim's ' "Step Back" was released on its scheduled release date, June 29, 1990. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:27, 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. The track order of this song in Eric B. & Rakim's "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em" album is number 4 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Step Back is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Step Back by Eric B. & Rakim to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 94 BPM, a half-time of 47BPM, and a double-time of 188 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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