The Men Behind the Guns by Phil Ochs Song Details

Phil Ochs's ' "The Men Behind the Guns" was released on its scheduled release date, 1965. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:02. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Phil Ochs's "I Ain't Marching Anymore" album is number 10 out of 15. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, The Men Behind the Guns's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Men Behind the Guns by Phil Ochs to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 121 BPM, a half-time of 60BPM, and a double-time of 242 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.528 dB
Acousticness
74%
Danceability
62%
Energy
22%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
46%

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ISRC
USEE10182553
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records