Bad Time to Be Poor
Rheostatics
The Blue Hysteria
4:55 March 26, 1996
BPM
128
Key
D♭ Major
Camelot
3B

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Bad Time to Be Poor by Rheostatics Song Details

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.

BPM and Tempo

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.

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
-4.129 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
69%
Energy
81%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
25%
Loudness
93%
Speechiness
34%
Valence
74%

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ISRC
CASB11300406
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records