Runaround Sue by Del Shannon Song Details

Del Shannon's ' "Runaround Sue" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1963. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:38. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Runaround Sue's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Del Shannon's "Little Town Flirt" album is number 7 out of 15. Runaround Sue 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

We consider the tempo marking of Runaround Sue by Del Shannon to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 77 BPM, a half-time of 38BPM, and a double-time of 154 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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