Paper Boats by Nada Surf Song Details

Nada Surf's 'Paper Boats' had a release date set for 2002. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in Nada Surf's "Let Go" album is number 12 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Paper Boats is currently not that popular. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Paper Boats by Nada Surf to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 101 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 202 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Minor. Because this track belongs in the F Minor key, the camelot key is 4A. So, the perfect camelot match for 4A would be either 4A or 3B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 4B or 5A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1A and a high energy boost can either be 6A or 11A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 3A would be a great choice. Where 7A would give you a moderate drop, and 2A or 9A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.566 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
58%
Energy
59%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
28%

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ISRC
USBS50310266
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records