Why Not Smile by R.E.M. Song Details

R.E.M.'s ' "Why Not Smile" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1998. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:02, 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 14 in the song's album "Up". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Why Not Smile is currently below average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Why Not Smile by R.E.M. having a BPM of 112 with a half-time of 56 BPM and a double-time of 224 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. 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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