Fortunate Son by Bob Seger Song Details

Bob Seger's ' "Fortunate Son" was released on its scheduled release date, April 14, 1986. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:12. 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. The track order of this song in Bob Seger's "Like A Rock" album is number 10 out of 10. Based on our statistics, Fortunate Son's popularity is average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Fortunate Son by Bob Seger to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 129 BPM, a half-time of 64BPM, and a double-time of 258 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F♯ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-4.562 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
48%
Energy
94%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
95%
Loudness
92%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
53%

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