Dream A Lie by UB40 Song Details

On 1987, the song "Dream A Lie" was released by UB40. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:37, 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 18 in the song's album "The Best Of UB40 Volume I". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Based on our statistics, Dream A Lie's popularity is below 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 Dream A Lie by UB40 having a BPM of 126 with a half-time of 63 BPM and a double-time of 252 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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
-16.021 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
79%
Energy
39%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
6%
Loudness
73%
Speechiness
13%
Valence
91%

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