Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother!
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
3:03 July 5, 2005
BPM
130
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother! by Sufjan Stevens Song Details

Sufjan Stevens's ' "Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother!" was released on its scheduled release date, July 5, 2005. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:03. 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 Sufjan Stevens's "Illinois" album is number 7 out of 22. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother!'s popularity is average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step-Mother! by Sufjan Stevens to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 130 BPM, a half-time of 65BPM, and a double-time of 260 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.06 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
71%
Energy
39%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
74%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
46%

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ISRC
US64G0501407
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records