Bad by Michael Jackson Song Details

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' had a release date set for July 19, 2005. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:06, 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 38 in the song's album "The Essential Michael Jackson". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Bad is currently average in popularity. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Bad by Michael Jackson having a BPM of 114 with a half-time of 57 BPM and a double-time of 228 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 is in the music key of A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.47 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
80%
Energy
85%
Instrumentalness
18%
Liveness
5%
Loudness
91%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
35%

Recommendations

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ISRC
USSM19909065
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records