Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits Song Details

On October 7, 1978, the song "Sultans of Swing" was released by Dire Straits. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:48, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The song is number 6 out of 9 in Dire Straits by Dire Straits. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Sultans of Swing's popularity is fairly 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 Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 148 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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