Don't Be Cruel by Cheap Trick Song Details

On April 12, 1988, the song "Don't Be Cruel" was released by Cheap Trick. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:07. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Cheap Trick's "Lap Of Luxury" album is number 6 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Don't Be Cruel is currently average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Don't Be Cruel by Cheap Trick to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 168 BPM, a half-time of 84BPM, and a double-time of 336 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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
-12.068 dB
Acousticness
7%
Danceability
54%
Energy
50%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
89%

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ISRC
USSM18800499
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records