On 1979, the song "Cruel to Be Kind" was released by Nick Lowe. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:30, 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. The track order of this song in Nick Lowe's "Labour of Lust" album is number 1 out of 13. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Cruel to Be Kind'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.
We consider the tempo marking of Cruel to Be Kind by Nick Lowe to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 132 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 264 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 C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.
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Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
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Roll with the Changes | REO Speedwagon | C Major | 9 | 8B | 91 BPM | ||
If You Leave - Remastered 2019 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | C Major | 9 | 8B | 120 BPM | ||
With A Girl Like You | The Troggs | G Major | 7 | 9B | 114 BPM | ||
Spirit In The Sky - Deluxe Edition | Norman Greenbaum | A Major | 6 | 11B | 129 BPM | ||
Steppin' Out | Joe Jackson | B Major | 5 | 1B | 160 BPM | ||
Good Times Roll | The Cars | E Major | 7 | 12B | 108 BPM | ||
We Gotta Get You a Woman - 2015 Remaster | Todd Rundgren | D Minor | 5 | 7A | 121 BPM | ||
My Best Friend's Girl | The Cars | F Major | 6 | 7B | 122 BPM | ||
Another Girl, Another Planet - 2008 re-mastered version | The Only Ones | D♭ Minor | 8 | 12A | 157 BPM | ||
I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll) | Nick Lowe | B♭ Major | 2 | 6B | 103 BPM | ||
Itchycoo Park | Small Faces | A Major | 5 | 11B | 129 BPM | ||
Queen of Sheba | Nick Lowe | D Major | 6 | 10B | 112 BPM | ||
Hourglass | Squeeze | F Major | 5 | 7B | 126 BPM | ||
You Got the Look I Like | Nick Lowe | G Major | 9 | 9B | 121 BPM | ||
And We Danced | The Hooters | A Major | 9 | 11B | 146 BPM | ||
Our Lips Are Sealed - Single Version | The Go-Go's | A♭ Major | 9 | 4B | 131 BPM | ||
My Maria | B.W. Stevenson | E Major | 6 | 12B | 122 BPM | ||
You're My Best Friend - Remastered 2011 | Queen | C Major | 8 | 8B | 119 BPM | ||
Ebony Eyes | Bob Welch | B Major | 7 | 1B | 116 BPM | ||
Ridin' In My Car | NRBQ | G Major | 8 | 9B | 153 BPM | ||
Is She Really Going Out With Him? | Joe Jackson | E♭ Major | 3 | 5B | 116 BPM | ||
Show Me The Way | Peter Frampton | D Major | 7 | 10B | 130 BPM | ||
Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | B Major | 4 | 1B | 106 BPM | ||
My City Was Gone - 2007 Remaster | Pretenders | A Major | 8 | 11B | 108 BPM | ||
Shambala - Single Version | Three Dog Night | A Major | 6 | 11B | 127 BPM |