I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Michael McDonald Song Details

On January 1, 2004, the song "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was released by Michael McDonald. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:44, 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 track order of this song in Michael McDonald's "Motown and Motown II" album is number 1 out of 27. In terms of popularity, I Heard It Through The Grapevine 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

We consider the tempo marking of I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Michael McDonald to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 109 BPM, a half-time of 54BPM, and a double-time of 218 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. 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 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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