Genetic Engineering by X-Ray Spex Song Details

On November 10, 1978, the song "Genetic Engineering" was released by X-Ray Spex. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:49. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Genetic Engineering's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in X-Ray Spex's "Germ Free Adolescents" album is number 1 out of 14. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Genetic Engineering's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Genetic Engineering by X-Ray Spex to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 140 BPM, a half-time of 70BPM, and a double-time of 280 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is 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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