Track analysis

Killing an Arab

The Cure

Featured in MusiTag Demo Dataset, "Killing an Arab" by The Cure illustrates the breadth of MusiMap's semantic coverage. Primary genre signals include Post punk - New wave rock, New wave, and Rock. with Humorous, Fun, and Happy among the leading mood descriptors. and Spring, Uplift / motivate, and Party time among the strongest situational use cases. instrumental-led production. The track presents a moderate energy. The result is a practical demo of explainable tagging grounded in musicological expertise.

ISRC: — Duration: 2:23 Year: 1980 Analysis completed
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BPM

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83

Confidence 99%

Key

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E minor

Confidence 81%

Energy

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49%

Danceability

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38%

Track info

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Artist
The Cure
Album
Boys Don't Cry
Genre
—
Label
—
UPC
—
Explicit
No
Composer
—
Copyright
—

Technical

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Format

Format
FLAC
Codec
FLAC
Channels
2 (stereo)

Signal

Sample rate
44100
Bit depth
16
Bit rate
765783

Quality

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HIGH

  • Lossless audio format detected.
  • Audio is stereo.
  • Sample rate is within a healthy range.

Rhythm

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Beat regularity 97%
Beat confidence 53%

Onset density

3.076

Raw BPM

83.354

Loudness

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Integrated LUFS

-20.8

RMS

0.0859

Peak

0.8361

Dynamic range

11.83

Crest factor dB

19.76

Instrumental / vocal

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Detected type

Vocal

Source

DL override

Instr. probability

56%

Heuristic result

Instrumental

Heuristic instrumental confidence 24%

Deep Learning override applied

Heuristic instrumental detection was contradicted by Deep Learning voice-family tags.

Best vocal tag: 98.0%

Key stability

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Stability 71%

Primary key

E minor

Modulations

7

Tagging

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Genres

Post punk - New wave rock 98%
New wave 50%
Rock 43%
Indie rock 15%
Alternative rock 13%
Punk 12%

Moods

Humorous 90%
Fun 88%
Happy 84%
Temperament 83%
Lively 81%
Good Vibrations 79%
Happiness 78%
Air (Up) 77%
Friendly 74%
Warm-hearted 74%
Revitalizing 71%
Performing 68%
Dynamism 66%
Free 65%
Playfulness 65%
Wood (Out) 65%
Energetic 60%
Impulsive 58%
Determined 57%
Innocent 57%
Extroversion 55%
Ground (On) 52%
Warrior 45%
Powerful 36%
Heroic 26%
Passionate 21%
Organic 17%
Roots 16%
Love 13%
Rebellious 13%
Melodramatic 10%

Languages

English 94%

Situations

Bar 100%
Household chores 100%
Party time 100%
Spring 100%
Tailgate 100%
Uplift / motivate 100%
Pregaming 91%
Pride 90%
Beers and friends 88%
Friday night 88%
Running 88%
Workout 82%
Beach 73%

Rhythmic Moods

Staccato 66%
Lyrical 17%
Chaotic 9%

Voice Families

Low Pitched Vocal 98%

Key probabilities

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E minor 28%
E major 19%
C major 13%
B major 13%
F minor 7%
A minor 5%
F major 5%
C# minor 5%
A major 3%

Key modulations

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8 unique keys
E minor 20x
47%
A minor 2x
36%
C# minor 1x
67%
F# major 1x
63%
B major 1x
51%
A# minor 1x
43%
F major 1x
36%
B minor 1x
32%

Spectral

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Centroid

2486.33

Bandwidth

2290.58

Rolloff

4916.19

Flatness

0.0181

MFCC fingerprint

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C1 100.0%

−193.94

C2 33.0%

63.76

C3 4.0%

8.59

C4 31.0%

60.07

C5 5.0%

9.25

C6 11.0%

20.77

C7 2.0%

−4.84

C8 7.0%

13.78

C9 1.0%

−2.74

C10 5.0%

10.02

C11 0.0%

0.5

C12 1.0%

1.43

C13 0.0%

0.55

Chorus detection

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Primary 60.21 → 68.41

Confidence 1.0

#2 — → 10.12

Confidence 0.943

Structure

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Segment 1 — → 10.12
Segment 2 11.47 → 14.58
Segment 3 14.58 → 60.21
Segment 4 60.21 → 68.41
Segment 5 68.41 → 131.66
Segment 6 136.65 → 139.32
Segment 7 140.04 → 142.73

7 segments detected.

Musical timeline

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Segment 1 0.0 → 10.12s 10.12s
F# major · 63% Energy 49%
Segment duration 7.08%
Track energy 49%
Segment 2 11.47 → 14.58s 3.11s
B major · 51% Energy 49%
Segment duration 2.17%
Track energy 49%
Segment 3 14.58 → 60.21s 45.63s
A# minor · 43% Energy 49%
Segment duration 31.91%
Track energy 49%
Segment 4 60.21 → 68.41s 8.2s
E minor · 45% Energy 49%
Segment duration 5.73%
Track energy 49%
Segment 5 68.41 → 131.66s 63.25s
E minor · 38% Energy 49%
Segment duration 44.23%
Track energy 49%
Segment 6 136.65 → 139.32s 2.67s
E minor · 35% Energy 49%
Segment duration 1.87%
Track energy 49%
Segment 7 140.04 → 142.73s 2.69s
E minor · 40% Energy 49%
Segment duration 1.88%
Track energy 49%

7 segments mapped in the timeline.