My Shining Hour by Ella Fitzgerald Song Details

"My Shining Hour" by Ella Fitzgerald had its release date on January 1, 1961. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:01, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The song is number 5 out of 24 in Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald. In terms of popularity, My Shining Hour is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of My Shining Hour by Ella Fitzgerald is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 91 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. This song can go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.898 dB
Acousticness
88%
Danceability
24%
Energy
25%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
16%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records