Close Encounter by Penguin Cafe Song Details

"Close Encounter" by Penguin Cafe had its release date on June 16, 2017. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:23, 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 4 in the song's album "Umbrella". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Close Encounter is below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With Close Encounter by Penguin Cafe having a BPM of 89 with a half-time of 44 BPM and a double-time of 178 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 1/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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