The Way It Always Starts by Mark Knopfler, Gerry Raferty Song Details

Mark Knopfler, Gerry Raferty's 'The Way It Always Starts' had a release date set for March 1, 1983. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:01, 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 track order of this song in Mark Knopfler's "Music From Local Hero" album is number 5 out of 14. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, The Way It Always Starts is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Way It Always Starts by Mark Knopfler, Gerry Raferty to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 99 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 198 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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