When The Chips Are Down by David Porter Song Details

David Porter's ' "When The Chips Are Down" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2014. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:22. 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. There are a total of 213 in the song's album "The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975". In this album, this song's track order is #15. Based on our statistics, When The Chips Are Down's popularity 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

With When The Chips Are Down by David Porter having a BPM of 148 with a half-time of 74 BPM and a double-time of 296 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

D♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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