When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going by Billy Ocean Song Details

On April 26, 2010, the song "When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" was released by Billy Ocean. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:08, 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 Very Best of Billy Ocean". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going's popularity is fairly popular 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 When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going by Billy Ocean having a BPM of 122 with a half-time of 61 BPM and a double-time of 244 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

E Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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