We Shall Overcome by Mahalia Jackson Song Details

Mahalia Jackson's ' "We Shall Overcome" was released on its scheduled release date, 1964. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:44. This song does not appear to have any foul language. We Shall Overcome's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Mahalia Jackson's "Let's Pray Together" album is number 7 out of 11. We Shall Overcome 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

We consider the tempo marking of We Shall Overcome by Mahalia Jackson to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 78 BPM, a half-time of 39BPM, and a double-time of 156 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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