The Moon Is Down by Gentle Giant Song Details

Gentle Giant's 'The Moon Is Down' had a release date set for January 1, 1971. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The song is number 6 out of 8 in Acquiring The Taste by Gentle Giant. Based on our statistics, The Moon Is Down's popularity is below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Moon Is Down by Gentle Giant is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 127 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-18.737 dB
Acousticness
71%
Danceability
36%
Energy
27%
Instrumentalness
3%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
69%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
35%

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