When It Blows Its Stacks by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Song Details

On November 5, 1971, the song "When It Blows Its Stacks" was released by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:40, 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. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "The Spotlight Kid". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, When It Blows Its Stacks is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With When It Blows Its Stacks by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band having a BPM of 91 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 182 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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