I Smell A Rat by Big Mama Thornton Song Details

On January 1, 1992, the song "I Smell A Rat" was released by Big Mama Thornton. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:45, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog / The Peacock Recordings" album is number 3 out of 18. In terms of popularity, I Smell A Rat 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 I Smell A Rat by Big Mama Thornton to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 91 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 182 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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