Like A Locomotive by NRBQ Song Details

On January 1, 1989, the song "Like A Locomotive" was released by NRBQ. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:56, 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. This song is part of Wild Weekend by NRBQ. The song's track number on the album is #12 out of 12 tracks. The popularity of Like A Locomotive is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Like A Locomotive by NRBQ has a tempo of 177 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Presto (very, very fast). With Like A Locomotive being at 177 BPM, the half-time would be 88 BPM with a double-time of 354 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.364 dB
Acousticness
11%
Danceability
58%
Energy
64%
Instrumentalness
11%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
92%

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