Going to Reykjavik by The Mountain Goats Song Details

The Mountain Goats's ' "Going to Reykjavik" was released on its scheduled release date, 1996. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:45. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Going to Reykjavik's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 18 in the song's album "Nothing for Juice". In this album, this song's track order is #16. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Going to Reykjavik is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Going to Reykjavik by The Mountain Goats having a BPM of 117 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 234 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.192 dB
Acousticness
73%
Danceability
56%
Energy
49%
Instrumentalness
61%
Liveness
13%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
43%

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ISRC
USKKQ0700116
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records