One Step Forward, Two Steps Back by John Sebastian Song Details

On January 1, 1976, the song "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" was released by John Sebastian. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. This song is part of Welcome Back by John Sebastian. The song's track number on the album is #5 out of 10 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since One Step Forward, Two Steps Back by John Sebastian has a tempo of 153 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With One Step Forward, Two Steps Back being at 153 BPM, the half-time would be 76 BPM with a double-time of 306 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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