Softly by Gordon Lightfoot Song Details

"Softly" by Gordon Lightfoot had its release date on 1975. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:39. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Softly's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Gordon Lightfoot's "Gord's Gold" album is number 4 out of 22. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Softly is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Softly by Gordon Lightfoot to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 108 BPM, a half-time of 54BPM, and a double-time of 216 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 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
-19.985 dB
Acousticness
72%
Danceability
54%
Energy
19%
Instrumentalness
5%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
67%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
15%

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ISRC
USRE19900452
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records