2-4-6-8 Motorway by Tom Robinson Band Song Details

Tom Robinson Band's ' "2-4-6-8 Motorway" was released on its scheduled release date, 1978. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:17. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 19 in the song's album "Power In The Darkness". In this album, this song's track order is #15. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, 2-4-6-8 Motorway's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With 2-4-6-8 Motorway by Tom Robinson Band having a BPM of 125 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 250 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.551 dB
Acousticness
6%
Danceability
67%
Energy
71%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
6%
Loudness
91%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
66%

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ISRC
GBAYE7700010
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records