You Are My Sunshine by Ray Charles Song Details

Ray Charles's ' "You Are My Sunshine" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1962. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:58. This song does not appear to have any foul language. You Are My Sunshine's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Ray Charles's "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Vols 1 & 2" album is number 1 out of 24. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. You Are My Sunshine is not that popular right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of You Are My Sunshine by Ray Charles to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 88 BPM, a half-time of 44BPM, and a double-time of 176 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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