Work by Lou Reed, John Cale Song Details

Lou Reed, John Cale's ' "Work" was released on its scheduled release date, April 11, 1990. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:37. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Work's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "Songs For Drella". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Work'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 Work by Lou Reed, John Cale having a BPM of 132 with a half-time of 66 BPM and a double-time of 264 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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
-10.438 dB
Acousticness
13%
Danceability
33%
Energy
55%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
17%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
72%

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ISRC
USWB10002322
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records