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Tempo(?)
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109 BPM
Key(?)
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D Maj
Loudness(?)
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-13.2db
Time signature(?)
How many beats there are per measure/bar.
4/4

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Energy
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31%
Danceability
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47%
Positiveness
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36%
Speechiness
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4%
Liveness
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8%
Acousticness
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66%
Instrumentalness
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0%




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The Sound of Silence is a song by Paul Simon, released on 1965-08-01. It is track number 5 in the album The Paul Simon Songbook. The Sound of Silence has a BPM/tempo of 109 beats per minute, is in the key of D Maj and has a duration of 3 minutes, 6 seconds.

The Sound of Silence 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 fairly energetic and is somewhat easy to dance to.


The Sound of Silence info

Name
The Sound of Silence
Artist(s)
Release Date
1st August 1965
ISRC
USSM10401238
Key
D Maj
Tempo
109
Loudness (db)
-13.2db
Time signature
4/4
Length
03:06
Song Number
5 of 14
Explicit
No