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.
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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree | Coleman Hawkins Quartet | F Major | 3 | 7B | 80 BPM | ||
| Georgia On My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael | C Minor | 1 | 5A | 76 BPM | ||
| Singin' In The Rain | Dave Brubeck Trio | G Major | 2 | 9B | 149 BPM | ||
| The Northwest Passage | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | E♭ Major | 6 | 5B | 136 BPM | ||
| Coquette | Rose Murphy | C Major | 2 | 8B | 131 BPM | ||
| I Can't Give You Anything but Love | Naomi & Her Handsome Devils | A Minor | 2 | 8A | 131 BPM | ||
| Exactly Like You | Benny Goodman Trio, Lionel Hampton | B♭ Major | 1 | 6B | 122 BPM | ||
| Okay for Baby | The Big 18 | A♭ Major | 5 | 4B | 155 BPM | ||
| Rockin' In Rhythm | Clark Terry | F Minor | 4 | 4A | 168 BPM | ||
| Pres Returns | Lester Young, Teddy Wilson Quartet | C Major | 3 | 8B | 117 BPM | ||
| September In The Rain | George Shearing | A♭ Major | 1 | 4B | 125 BPM | ||
| Communications | Slim Gaillard | G Major | 7 | 9B | 175 BPM | ||
| Slidin' and Glidin' | Cootie Williams | F Major | 4 | 7B | 174 BPM | ||
| Sweet Sue - Just You | Benny Goodman Quartet | G Major | 2 | 9B | 167 BPM | ||
| Coffee After Midnight | Diner Express | D Minor | 2 | 7A | 128 BPM | ||
| Blue Flame | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | B♭ Major | 2 | 6B | 64 BPM | ||
| Golden Touch | Pattiford, Burke | A♭ Major | 4 | 4B | 91 BPM | ||
| The Things We Did Last Summer | Dizzy Reece | A♭ Major | 2 | 4B | 131 BPM | ||
| But Not For Me | Benny Goodman Trio | F Minor | 2 | 4A | 115 BPM | ||
| Uptown Blues | Jimmie Lunceford | C Major | 3 | 8B | 90 BPM | ||
| Sister Sadie | Woody Herman | A Minor | 5 | 8A | 131 BPM | ||
| Jubilee Stomp | Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra | C Major | 5 | 8B | 118 BPM | ||
| Evening In Paris | Zoot Sims | F♯ Major | 2 | 2B | 63 BPM | ||
| Blues in the Night | Woody Herman & His Orchestra | C Major | 2 | 8B | 89 BPM | ||
| Soft Summer Breeze | Eddie Heywood | G Major | 2 | 9B | 110 BPM |