It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Lionel Hampton, George Duvivier, Candido, Grady Tate, Bucky Pizzarelli, Hank Jones
Jazz Showcase
6:01 December 3, 1977
BPM
138
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Lionel Hampton, George Duvivier, Candido, Grady Tate, Bucky Pizzarelli, Hank Jones Song Details

On December 3, 1977, the song "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" was released by Lionel Hampton, George Duvivier, Candido, Grady Tate, Bucky Pizzarelli, Hank Jones. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:01, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The track order of this song in Lionel Hampton's "Jazz Showcase" album is number 4 out of 9. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'s popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Lionel Hampton, George Duvivier, Candido, Grady Tate, Bucky Pizzarelli, Hank Jones to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 138 BPM, a half-time of 69BPM, and a double-time of 276 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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
-8.092 dB
Acousticness
81%
Danceability
54%
Energy
73%
Instrumentalness
20%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
85%

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ISRC
GBXHC2040540
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records