Why Don't You Read the Book by Nazareth Song Details

Nazareth's ' "Why Don't You Read the Book" was released on its scheduled release date, 1983. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:42, 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 "Sound Elixir". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Why Don't You Read the Book's popularity is unknown right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Why Don't You Read the Book by Nazareth having a BPM of 120 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 240 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) 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.

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
-14.027 dB
Acousticness
7%
Danceability
35%
Energy
72%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
15%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
45%

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ISRC
GBCBR0402638
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records