Why Not by Dave Pike Song Details

Dave Pike's ' "Why Not" was released on its scheduled release date, March 25, 1962. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There are a total of 5 in the song's album "Pike's Peak". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Why Not 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 Why Not by Dave Pike having a BPM of 101 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 202 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. 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
-10.382 dB
Acousticness
61%
Danceability
59%
Energy
48%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
23%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
51%

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ISRC
USSM16100301
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records