Barnaby, Hardly Working by Yo La Tengo Song Details

"Barnaby, Hardly Working" by Yo La Tengo had its release date on June 18, 1996. 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 20 in the song's album "President Yo La Tengo / New Wave Hot Dogs". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Based on our statistics, Barnaby, Hardly Working's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Barnaby, Hardly Working by Yo La Tengo having a BPM of 126 with a half-time of 63 BPM and a double-time of 252 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is 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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