It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry by Al Kooper, Stephen Stills Song Details

On 1968, the song "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" was released by Al Kooper, Stephen Stills. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:29. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 13 in the song's album "Super Session (with Al Kooper & Stephen Stills)". In this album, this song's track order is #6. In terms of popularity, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry is currently below average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry by Al Kooper, Stephen Stills having a BPM of 94 with a half-time of 47 BPM and a double-time of 188 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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