Billy Preston by Miles Davis Song Details

Miles Davis's ' "Billy Preston" was released on its scheduled release date, October 11, 1972. This song appears to be safe for all ages as it is not explicit. There are a total of 31 in the song's album "The Complete On The Corner Sessions". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Based on our statistics, Billy Preston's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Billy Preston by Miles Davis having a BPM of 128 with a half-time of 64 BPM and a double-time of 256 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of F Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-8.484 dB
Acousticness
60%
Danceability
48%
Energy
88%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
55%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records