Dread at the Controls by Mikey Dread, Lee "Scratch" Perry Song Details

On January 1, 1976, the song "Dread at the Controls" was released by Mikey Dread, Lee "Scratch" Perry. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:50, 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. Because this song is the only song in Dread at the Controls and no other songs are present in the album, we classify this track as a single. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Based on our statistics, Dread at the Controls's popularity is not that popular 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

The tempo marking of Dread at the Controls by Mikey Dread, Lee "Scratch" Perry is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 131 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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