I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Elmo Song Details

On January 1, 1998, the song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was released by Elmo. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:39. This song does not appear to have any foul language. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 13 in the song's album "Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by Elmo having a BPM of 114 with a half-time of 57 BPM and a double-time of 228 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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