Why? by GusGus Song Details

"Why?" by GusGus had its release date on March 24, 1997. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:04, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Polydistortion". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Why?'s popularity is below average in popularity right now. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

With Why? by GusGus having a BPM of 141 with a half-time of 70 BPM and a double-time of 282 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-17.625 dB
Acousticness
94%
Danceability
69%
Energy
7%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
71%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
9%

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ISRC
GBAFL9700034
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records