Blockheads by Ian Dury Song Details

On September 30, 1977, the song "Blockheads" was released by Ian Dury. Blockheads is explicit and may not be suitable for children. With the duration being about 3:31, this song is close to the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "New Boots and Panties!!". In this album, this song's track order is #8. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Blockheads's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Blockheads by Ian Dury having a BPM of 147 with a half-time of 74 BPM and a double-time of 294 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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