This Is Why We Fight
The Decemberists
The King Is Dead
5:30 January 18, 2011
BPM
110
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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This Is Why We Fight by The Decemberists Song Details

The Decemberists's 'This Is Why We Fight' had a release date set for January 18, 2011. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:30, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "The King Is Dead". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, This Is Why We Fight is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With This Is Why We Fight by The Decemberists having a BPM of 110 with a half-time of 55 BPM and a double-time of 220 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-5.196 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
50%
Energy
86%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
46%
Loudness
91%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
23%

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ISRC
USCA21002849
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records