Don't Try To Explain by Keb' Mo' Song Details

Keb' Mo''s 'Don't Try To Explain' had a release date set for 1994. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:57, 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 track order of this song in Keb' Mo''s "Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Keb' Mo'" album is number 4 out of 16. In terms of popularity, Don't Try To Explain is currently below average in popularity. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Don't Try To Explain by Keb' Mo' to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 111 BPM, a half-time of 56BPM, and a double-time of 222 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of F Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.47 dB
Acousticness
39%
Danceability
65%
Energy
45%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
28%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
28%

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