When You Are Old and Gray by Tom Lehrer Song Details

Tom Lehrer's ' "When You Are Old and Gray" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1953. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:50, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Songs by Tom Lehrer". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, When You Are Old and Gray is currently below average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With When You Are Old and Gray by Tom Lehrer having a BPM of 101 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 202 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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