Depot, Depot by Tom Waits Song Details

Tom Waits's 'Depot, Depot' had a release date set for October 15, 1974. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:46, 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 11 in the song's album "The Heart Of Saturday Night (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #9. The popularity of Depot, Depot is currently 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 Depot, Depot by Tom Waits having a BPM of 197 with a half-time of 98 BPM and a double-time of 394 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

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 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.153 dB
Acousticness
70%
Danceability
37%
Energy
37%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
13%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
34%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records