I Can't Get Started by Maynard Ferguson Song Details

Maynard Ferguson's ' "I Can't Get Started" was released on its scheduled release date, January 26, 1993. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:41, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 8 in the song's album "The Essence Of Maynard Ferguson". In this album, this song's track order is #7. In terms of popularity, I Can't Get Started is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With I Can't Get Started by Maynard Ferguson having a BPM of 115 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 230 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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
-12.241 dB
Acousticness
67%
Danceability
47%
Energy
32%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
66%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
49%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records