The Light Will Stay On
The Walkabouts
Shimmers
4:16 September 1, 2003
BPM
110
Key
A♭ Major
Camelot
4B

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The Light Will Stay On by The Walkabouts Song Details

"The Light Will Stay On" by The Walkabouts had its release date on September 1, 2003. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:16, 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 13 in the song's album "Shimmers". In this album, this song's track order is #2. In terms of popularity, The Light Will Stay On is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With The Light Will Stay On by The Walkabouts having a BPM of 110 with a half-time of 55 BPM and a double-time of 220 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.58 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
35%
Energy
39%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
84%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
17%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records