Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin Song Details

Janis Joplin's ' "Me and Bobby McGee" was released on its scheduled release date, January 11, 1971. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 29 in the song's album "Pearl (Legacy Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #7. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Me and Bobby McGee is currently fairly popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin having a BPM of 93 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 186 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.96 dB
Acousticness
30%
Danceability
45%
Energy
46%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
15%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
66%

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ISRC
USSM17000790
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records