Don't Slow Down by UB40 Song Details

On January 1, 1981, the song "Don't Slow Down" was released by UB40. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:28, 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 10 in the song's album "Present Arms". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Based on our statistics, Don't Slow Down's popularity is average in popularity 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 Don't Slow Down by UB40 having a BPM of 122 with a half-time of 61 BPM and a double-time of 244 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 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.025 dB
Acousticness
10%
Danceability
84%
Energy
40%
Instrumentalness
19%
Liveness
6%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
96%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records