Playing Dead by Crash Test Dummies Song Details

"Playing Dead" by Crash Test Dummies had its release date on March 20, 1999. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:16. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Crash Test Dummies's "Give Yourself A Hand" album is number 12 out of 12. Playing Dead is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Playing Dead by Crash Test Dummies to be Lento (slowly) because the track has a tempo of 53 BPM, a half-time of 26BPM, and a double-time of 106 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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