The Old Rugged Cross by David Houston Song Details

David Houston's 'The Old Rugged Cross' had a release date set for September 11, 1967. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:43. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Old Rugged Cross's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in David Houston's "Golden Hymns" album is number 10 out of 10. The Old Rugged Cross is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Old Rugged Cross by David Houston to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 78 BPM, a half-time of 39BPM, and a double-time of 156 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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