Fading Away by Gordon Lightfoot Song Details

Gordon Lightfoot's ' "Fading Away" was released on its scheduled release date, April 9, 1993. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:11. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. This song is part of Waiting for You by Gordon Lightfoot. The song's track number on the album is #3 out of 10 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Fading Away is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since Fading Away by Gordon Lightfoot has a tempo of 109 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Moderato (at a moderate speed). With Fading Away being at 109 BPM, the half-time would be 54 BPM with a double-time of 218 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty moderate for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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