Terrible Lie by Nine Inch Nails Song Details

Nine Inch Nails's ' "Terrible Lie" was released on its scheduled release date, October 20, 1989. 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 11 in the song's album "Pretty Hate Machine (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Terrible Lie is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Terrible Lie by Nine Inch Nails having a BPM of 88 with a half-time of 44 BPM and a double-time of 176 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

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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