Rheostatics's ' "Bad Time to Be Poor" was released on its scheduled release date, March 26, 1996. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "The Blue Hysteria". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Canada. Based on our statistics, Bad Time to Be Poor's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.
With Bad Time to Be Poor by Rheostatics having a BPM of 128 with a half-time of 64 BPM and a double-time of 256 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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of Heaven | Bill Janovitz | B Minor | 6 | 10A | 128 BPM | ||
| Just Get Here | Sarah Harmer | A Minor | 4 | 8A | 112 BPM | ||
| CHURCH | Market, Rose Droll | F Minor | 7 | 4A | 170 BPM | ||
| The Blond Beast | Momus | F Major | 4 | 7B | 85 BPM | ||
| Girl in Green - 2010 Remaster | Blue Rodeo | E Minor | 7 | 9A | 93 BPM | ||
| Home By Saturday | Hayden | C Major | 5 | 8B | 76 BPM | ||
| Fatally Beautiful (with Pete Townshend) - 2006 Remaster | T Bone Burnett, Pete Townshend | E Major | 8 | 12B | 154 BPM | ||
| Stranger Than Fiction - 2025 Eddie Rayner Remix | Split Enz, Eddie Rayner | E Minor | 6 | 9A | 74 BPM | ||
| The Secret Adam | Rainbow Gems | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 111 BPM | ||
| The Space She Left | European Sun | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 116 BPM | ||
| You | Berry Tazartas | F Minor | 8 | 4A | 88 BPM | ||
| The No-sound of Falling Snow | Lightning In A Twilight Hour | C Major | 4 | 8B | 83 BPM | ||
| Sadly Triumphant | Salim Nourallah | A♭ Major | 4 | 4B | 100 BPM | ||
| Everywhere | Arthur Buck, Joseph Arthur, Peter Buck | C Major | 7 | 8B | 108 BPM | ||
| It's Been a Long Time Coming | Tom Hamilton | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 116 BPM | ||
| My Shrinking Brain | Jon Caspi & The First Gun, Peter Holsapple | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 116 BPM | ||
| Naive | Dislike Tonality | A Minor | 7 | 8A | 90 BPM | ||
| Friday 4:20 am Swimming | Rheostatics, Anne Carson, Hugh Marsh | E Minor | 6 | 9A | 142 BPM | ||
| Instructions for Use (Interstellar Overture) | Have Gun, Will Travel | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 141 BPM | ||
| How Sweet I Roamed | James McAlister, Jeff Tweedy | D Major | 2 | 10B | 86 BPM | ||
| Pretending | Matthew Holtby | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 116 BPM | ||
| Tremor | Rubi Ate the Fig | A Minor | 7 | 8A | 127 BPM | ||
| Seven Sounds | Clean Cut Kid | B Major | 7 | 1B | 140 BPM | ||
| Wendy Under The Stars | Odds | C Major | 3 | 8B | 105 BPM | ||
| A Very Unusual Head | The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams | B♭ Major | 6 | 6B | 177 BPM |