Oh Why? by Little Richard Song Details

On 1957, the song "Oh Why?" was released by Little Richard. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:06. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Oh Why?'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Little Richard's "Here's Little Richard (Deluxe Edition)" album is number 9 out of 34. In terms of popularity, Oh Why? is currently below average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Oh Why? by Little Richard to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 117 BPM, a half-time of 58BPM, and a double-time of 234 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of F Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.225 dB
Acousticness
75%
Danceability
71%
Energy
42%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
87%

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