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Rock the Casbah by The Clash

Rock the Casbah by The Clash runs at 130 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
130 BPM
Key
A minor
Length
3:43
Genre
orchestral pop
Mood
restless
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A restless orchestral pop track blending synth-pop with explosive energy and a swung feel at 130 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
130
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
orchestral pop
Second genre
synth-pop
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
rhythmic stabs
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
restless
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
clap-layered
Sonic focus
melodic lead
Secondary focus
vocal clarity
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
vinyl crackle
Vocal style
layered in close harmony
Vocal
a gritty male vocal

About this page

This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with The Clash. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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