Folsom Prison Blues by Merle Haggard Song Details

On January 1, 2006, the song "Folsom Prison Blues" was released by Merle Haggard. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:49. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Folsom Prison Blues's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried/ Pride In What I Am" album is number 9 out of 29. In terms of popularity, Folsom Prison Blues is currently not that popular. 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 Folsom Prison Blues by Merle Haggard to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 114 BPM, a half-time of 57BPM, and a double-time of 228 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 F♯ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.662 dB
Acousticness
40%
Danceability
81%
Energy
65%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
20%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
97%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records