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Tempo(?)
Tempo of the track in beats per minute. If the track has multiple BPM's this won't be reflected as only one BPM figure will show.
118 BPM
Key(?)
Key of the track. Useful if you are trying to find songs this will work well with for DJing, singing a cover or trying to find the notes which make up the song.
A Maj
Loudness(?)
Average loudness of the track in decibels (dB). Values typically are between -60 and 0 decibels. Tracks are rarely above -4 db and usually are around -4 to -9 db.
-8.44db
Time signature(?)
How many beats there are per measure/bar.
4/4

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Energy
A measure on how intense a track sounds, through measuring the dynamic range, loudness, timbre, onset rate and general entropy. 0% indicates low energy, 100% indicates high energy.
84%
Danceability
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82%
Positiveness
A measure how positive, happy or cheerful track is. Values near 0% suggest a sad or angry track, where values near 100% suggest a happy and cheerful track.
82%
Speechiness
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23%
Liveness
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10%
Acousticness
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29%
Instrumentalness
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0%




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I Want To Be Straight is a song by Ian Dury, released on 1987-01-01. It is track number 2 in the album Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. I Want To Be Straight has a BPM/tempo of 118 beats per minute, is in the key of A Maj and has a duration of 3 minutes, 18 seconds.

I Want To Be Straight is currently not very popular on Spotify, being rated in the bottom 10% of songs popular on Spotify right now, and it has been released more than two weeks ago meaning it is likely the tracks popularity score may remain fairly stable, is extremely energetic and most likely the sort of song you would hear in a club and is extremely easy to dance to.


I Want To Be Straight info

Name
I Want To Be Straight
Release Date
1st January 1987
ISRC
GBAFR8010087
Key
A Maj
Tempo
118
Loudness (db)
-8.44db
Time signature
4/4
Length
03:18
Song Number
2 of 16
Explicit
Yes