Merry-Go-Round by Duke Ellington Song Details

On November 17, 2023, the song "Merry-Go-Round" was released by Duke Ellington. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:55. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Merry-Go-Round's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 32 out of 55 in Ellington In Order, Volume 6 (1934-36) by Duke Ellington. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Merry-Go-Round 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

The tempo marking of Merry-Go-Round by Duke Ellington is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 115 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.335 dB
Acousticness
86%
Danceability
75%
Energy
56%
Instrumentalness
86%
Liveness
2%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
16%
Valence
96%

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ISRC
USSM11005114
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records