Don't Talk to Me About Work by Lou Reed Song Details

On March 1, 1983, the song "Don't Talk to Me About Work" was released by Lou Reed. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:11. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Don't Talk to Me About Work's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Lou Reed's "Legendary Hearts" album is number 2 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Don't Talk to Me About Work's popularity is not that 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

We consider the tempo marking of Don't Talk to Me About Work by Lou Reed to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 144 BPM, a half-time of 72BPM, and a double-time of 288 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

This song is in the music key of D Major. 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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