Television's ' "Friction" was released on its scheduled release date, February 8, 1977. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The track order of this song in Television's "Marquee Moon" album is number 3 out of 8. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Friction's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.
We consider the tempo marking of Friction by Television to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 121 BPM, a half-time of 60BPM, and a double-time of 242 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of E Major. This also means that 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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Books | X | G Major | 6 | 9B | 133 BPM | ||
| I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | D Major | 4 | 10B | 151 BPM | ||
| Sixteen Blue | The Replacements | G Major | 8 | 9B | 118 BPM | ||
| 2HB | Roxy Music | D♭ Major | 5 | 3B | 147 BPM | ||
| Glass | Gang Of Four | B Minor | 10 | 10A | 154 BPM | ||
| Ain't That Nothin' - 2003 Remaster | Television | C Major | 9 | 8B | 123 BPM | ||
| Daisy Glaze | Big Star | D Major | 5 | 10B | 125 BPM | ||
| Ballrooms Of Mars | T. Rex | G Major | 6 | 9B | 123 BPM | ||
| Texas Serenade - Remastered 2020 | The Gun Club | D Major | 10 | 10B | 152 BPM | ||
| A Salty Salute | Guided By Voices | F♯ Minor | 6 | 11A | 95 BPM | ||
| Mercy - 2006 Remastered Version | Wire | E Major | 7 | 12B | 116 BPM | ||
| No Compassion | Talking Heads | D Major | 5 | 10B | 131 BPM | ||
| We're Comin' Out | The Replacements | B♭ Major | 10 | 6B | 81 BPM | ||
| The Beat - 2021 Remaster | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | B Minor | 8 | 10A | 134 BPM | ||
| Is This Real? | Wipers | F Major | 7 | 7B | 163 BPM | ||
| Provisional | Fugazi | A Minor | 9 | 8A | 134 BPM | ||
| Raised Eyebrows | The Feelies | E Major | 8 | 12B | 90 BPM | ||
| Outlaw | Mission Of Burma | F♯ Minor | 9 | 11A | 148 BPM | ||
| Chinese Rocks - Remastered | Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers | G Major | 9 | 9B | 139 BPM | ||
| Oh Yeah - 2011 Remastered | CAN | C Major | 7 | 8B | 99 BPM | ||
| Don't Lie To Me | Big Star | B♭ Major | 8 | 6B | 133 BPM | ||
| The Sad Skinhead | Faust | D♭ Minor | 7 | 12A | 134 BPM | ||
| The Kid with the Replaceable Head - Destiny Street - 2021 Remaster | Richard Hell | A Minor | 9 | 8A | 169 BPM | ||
| Modern World (Alternative version) | The Modern Lovers | G Major | 4 | 9B | 134 BPM | ||
| Fire Spirit | The Gun Club | D Major | 10 | 10B | 179 BPM |