Shiny Happy People by R.E.M. Song Details

On March 12, 1991, the song "Shiny Happy People" was released by R.E.M.. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:45, 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 30 in the song's album "Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Shiny Happy People's popularity is fairly popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Shiny Happy People by R.E.M. having a BPM of 125 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 250 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.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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