The Runaway by Gentle Giant Song Details

Gentle Giant's ' "The Runaway" was released on its scheduled release date, July 1, 1973. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in Gentle Giant's "In a Glass House" album is number 1 out of 8. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, The Runaway is currently below average in popularity. 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 The Runaway by Gentle Giant to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 103 BPM, a half-time of 52BPM, and a double-time of 206 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Minor. Because this track belongs in the E Minor key, the camelot key is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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