Do You Really Want To Hurt Me by Violent Femmes Song Details

On April 30, 1991, the song "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" was released by Violent Femmes. 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. This song is part of Why Do Birds Sing? by Violent Femmes. The song's track number on the album is #4 out of 13 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me is currently below average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Do You Really Want To Hurt Me by Violent Femmes has a tempo of 107 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With Do You Really Want To Hurt Me being at 107 BPM, the half-time would be 54 BPM with a double-time of 214 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is E Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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