The Old Town Pump by W.C. Handy Song Details

W.C. Handy's ' "The Old Town Pump" was released on its scheduled release date, July 28, 1994. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:05. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. This song is part of W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band by W.C. Handy. The song's track number on the album is #5 out of 16 tracks. The Old Town Pump is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since The Old Town Pump by W.C. Handy has a tempo of 82 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With The Old Town Pump being at 82 BPM, the half-time would be 41 BPM with a double-time of 164 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is B♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-15.724 dB
Acousticness
100%
Danceability
49%
Energy
36%
Instrumentalness
93%
Liveness
30%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
62%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records