Boy About Town by The Jam Song Details

On November 28, 1980, the song "Boy About Town" was released by The Jam. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:57, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Sound Affects". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Boy About Town's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Boy About Town by The Jam having a BPM of 157 with a half-time of 78 BPM and a double-time of 314 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with running. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-7.904 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
38%
Energy
77%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
38%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
95%

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ISRC
GBAKW8000137
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records