When I Was Young by The Damned Song Details

The Damned's ' "When I Was Young" was released on its scheduled release date, January 23, 2026. 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. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "Not Like Everybody Else". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Germany. In terms of popularity, When I Was Young is currently below average in popularity. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With When I Was Young by The Damned having a BPM of 118 with a half-time of 59 BPM and a double-time of 236 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical 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
-7.286 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
30%
Energy
84%
Instrumentalness
68%
Liveness
53%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
52%

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ISRC
DEH842505658
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records