Colours Fly Away by The Teardrop Explodes Song Details

On January 1, 2001, the song "Colours Fly Away" was released by The Teardrop Explodes. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:54. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Colours Fly Away's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "The Greatest Hit". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Colours Fly Away's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Colours Fly Away by The Teardrop Explodes having a BPM of 142 with a half-time of 71 BPM and a double-time of 284 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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