Only A Broken Heart by Tom Petty Song Details

Tom Petty's 'Only A Broken Heart' had a release date set for October 21, 1994. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. This song is part of Wildflowers by Tom Petty. The song's track number on the album is #6 out of 15 tracks. In terms of popularity, Only A Broken Heart is currently average in popularity. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

Since Only A Broken Heart by Tom Petty has a tempo of 98 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With Only A Broken Heart being at 98 BPM, the half-time would be 49 BPM with a double-time of 196 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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