Tom Dooley by Johnny Rivers Song Details

On February 8, 1965, the song "Tom Dooley" was released by Johnny Rivers. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:50. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Tom Dooley's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Rocks The Folk". In this album, this song's track order is #1. In terms of popularity, Tom Dooley is currently not that popular. 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 Tom Dooley by Johnny Rivers having a BPM of 118 with a half-time of 59 BPM and a double-time of 236 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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