Dread Are the Controller by Linval Thompson Song Details

On January 1, 1978, the song "Dread Are the Controller" was released by Linval Thompson. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:43. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Dread Are the Controller's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Linval Thompson's "I Love Marijuana (Expanded Version)" album is number 2 out of 15. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Dread Are the Controller is below average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Dread Are the Controller by Linval Thompson to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 78 BPM, a half-time of 39BPM, and a double-time of 156 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 B Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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