Desperate Straights by Slapp Happy Song Details

Slapp Happy's 'Desperate Straights' had a release date set for January 1, 1993. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:14, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The song is number 17 out of 24 in Casablanca Moon/Desperate Straights by Slapp Happy. In terms of popularity, Desperate Straights is currently not that popular. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Desperate Straights by Slapp Happy is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 115 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-17.357 dB
Acousticness
91%
Danceability
64%
Energy
32%
Instrumentalness
95%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
71%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
27%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records