Bittersweet by Ellie Goulding Song Details

Ellie Goulding's 'Bittersweet' had a release date set for October 12, 2012. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:56, 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. The track order of this song in Ellie Goulding's "Halcyon Nights" album is number 18 out of 31. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Bittersweet's popularity is below average in popularity 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

We consider the tempo marking of Bittersweet by Ellie Goulding to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 150 BPM, a half-time of 75BPM, and a double-time of 300 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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