Contempt by The Books Song Details

"Contempt" by The Books had its release date on January 25, 2011. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:22. 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. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Thought For Food (Remastered)". In this album, this song's track order is #4. The popularity of Contempt is currently not that popular right now. 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

With Contempt by The Books having a BPM of 178 with a half-time of 89 BPM and a double-time of 356 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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