Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix Song Details

Jimi Hendrix's ' "Hey Joe" was released on its scheduled release date, May 12, 1967. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:30, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The song is number 3 out of 17 in Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. The popularity of Hey Joe is currently fairly popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix is Vivace (lively and fast), since this song has a tempo of 169 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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