Can't Get a Break by The Specials Song Details

On August 21, 2000, the song "Can't Get a Break" was released by The Specials. 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. There are a total of 46 in the song's album "Stereo-Typical: A's, B's & Rarities". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Can't Get a Break'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 Can't Get a Break by The Specials having a BPM of 127 with a half-time of 64 BPM and a double-time of 254 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
-10.624 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
80%
Energy
82%
Instrumentalness
86%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
89%

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ISRC
GBAYK8400055
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records