Why by Irene Cara Song Details

Irene Cara's ' "Why" was released on its scheduled release date, 1982. 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. The song is number 9 out of 10 in Anyone Can See by Irene Cara. Based on our statistics, Why's popularity is 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

The tempo marking of Why by Irene Cara is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 134 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-4.664 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
61%
Energy
77%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
3%
Loudness
92%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
77%

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