Don't Blame It On I by The Congos Song Details

The Congos's ' "Don't Blame It On I" was released on its scheduled release date, March 7, 1977. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:07, 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 The Congos's "Heart Of The Congos (40th Anniversary Edition)" album is number 1 out of 30. Based on our statistics, Don't Blame It On I's popularity is below average in popularity right now. 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 Don't Blame It On I by The Congos to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 155 BPM, a half-time of 78BPM, and a double-time of 310 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, running, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.422 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
64%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
25%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
75%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records