The Roches's ' "Nurds" was released on its scheduled release date, October 8, 1980. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:15, 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 "Nurds". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Based on our statistics, Nurds's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.
With Nurds by The Roches having a BPM of 132 with a half-time of 66 BPM and a double-time of 264 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Season | The Roches | D Major | 1 | 10B | 97 BPM | ||
| Can We Go Home Now | The Roches | C Major | 2 | 8B | 100 BPM | ||
| A Little Lost | Arthur Russell | C Major | 2 | 8B | 144 BPM | ||
| Hokey Pokey | Richard & Linda Thompson | D Major | 8 | 10B | 153 BPM | ||
| No Shoes | The Roches | A Minor | 4 | 8A | 90 BPM | ||
| Down This Road | Connie Converse | F Minor | 1 | 4A | 105 BPM | ||
| Woncha Come On Home | Joan Armatrading | D Major | 1 | 10B | 148 BPM | ||
| Synthesize Me | The Space Lady | D Minor | 4 | 7A | 151 BPM | ||
| Sunny Goodge Street | Donovan | C Minor | 2 | 5A | 128 BPM | ||
| If You Empty Out All Your Pockets You Could Not Make the Change | Maggie and Terre Roche | A Major | 8 | 11B | 109 BPM | ||
| The Pearl - Remastered | Judee Sill | G Major | 4 | 9B | 123 BPM | ||
| Walking on a Wire | Richard & Linda Thompson | G Major | 2 | 9B | 62 BPM | ||
| Wigglin' Man | Maggie and Terre Roche | G Major | 7 | 9B | 200 BPM | ||
| Out On The Side | Dillard & Clark | F♯ Minor | 3 | 11A | 154 BPM | ||
| Elvis Presley Blues | Gillian Welch | D Major | 1 | 10B | 151 BPM | ||
| Miraculous Weekend | Peter Ivers | A♭ Major | 3 | 4B | 200 BPM | ||
| Big Moon | Arthur Russell | G Major | 9 | 9B | 143 BPM | ||
| Buzzin' Fly | Tim Buckley | F Major | 3 | 7B | 121 BPM | ||
| Can I Stay with You | Nick Garrie | F Major | 5 | 7B | 89 BPM | ||
| To Cry About | Mary Margaret O'Hara | B Major | 0 | 1B | 125 BPM | ||
| Lord and Master | Heron | C Major | 3 | 8B | 147 BPM | ||
| Truth Serum | Smog | D♭ Major | 6 | 3B | 131 BPM | ||
| Call Of The River | Linda Perhacs | D Major | 1 | 10B | 103 BPM | ||
| Factory | Martha Wainwright | C Major | 6 | 8B | 88 BPM | ||
| When I Was Drinking - Remastered 2025 | Hem | E Major | 3 | 12B | 114 BPM |