Bad Boy by Miami Sound Machine Song Details

On August 13, 1985, the song "Bad Boy" was released by Miami Sound Machine. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:55, 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 10 in the song's album "Primitive Love". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of Bad Boy is currently average in popularity 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

With Bad Boy by Miami Sound Machine having a BPM of 181 with a half-time of 90 BPM and a double-time of 362 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 5A. So, the perfect camelot match for 5A would be either 5A or 4B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 5B or 6A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2A and a high energy boost can either be 7A or 12A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 4A would be a great choice. Where 8A would give you a moderate drop, and 3A or 10A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-16.185 dB
Acousticness
5%
Danceability
63%
Energy
46%
Instrumentalness
5%
Liveness
4%
Loudness
73%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
86%

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ISRC
USSM10026150
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records