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Tempo(?)
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97 BPM
Key(?)
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A Maj
Loudness(?)
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-6.17db
Time signature(?)
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4/4

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Energy
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82%
Danceability
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66%
Positiveness
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85%
Speechiness
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5%
Liveness
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20%
Acousticness
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33%
Instrumentalness
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0%




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It Doesn't Have to Be This Way is a song by The Blow Monkeys, released on 1987. It is track number 1 in the album She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way has a BPM/tempo of 97 beats per minute, is in the key of A Maj and has a duration of 4 minutes, 4 seconds.

It Doesn't Have to Be This Way is very popular on Spotify, being rated between 30 and 90% popularity on Spotify right now. It is likely that this track is being shared by many people across the world, played on the radio and on a number of Spotify playlists receiving thousands of streams, is extremely energetic and most likely the sort of song you would hear in a club and is very easy to dance to.


It Doesn't Have to Be This Way info

Name
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Release Date
28th April 1987
ISRC
GBARL8700037
Key
A Maj
Tempo
97
Loudness (db)
-6.17db
Time signature
4/4
Length
04:04
Song Number
1 of 15
Explicit
No