The River by Nomeansno Song Details

Nomeansno's 'The River' had a release date set for June 1, 1993. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:19, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. This song is part of Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? by Nomeansno. The song's track number on the album is #2 out of 7 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. The popularity of The River is currently not that popular 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

Since The River by Nomeansno has a tempo of 170 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With The River being at 170 BPM, the half-time would be 85 BPM with a double-time of 340 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D♭ Minor. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12A. So, the perfect camelot match for 12A would be either 12A or 11B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 12B or 1A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9A and a high energy boost can either be 2A or 7A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 11A would be a great choice. Where 3A would give you a moderate drop, and 10A or 5A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.113 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
30%
Energy
66%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
24%
Loudness
90%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
39%

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ISRC
US2B22512302
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records