It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Maynard Ferguson, Big Bop Nouveau
Introduction To Big Band Swing
4:20 August 22, 2000
BPM
120
Key
F Minor
Camelot
4A

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It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Maynard Ferguson, Big Bop Nouveau Song Details

Maynard Ferguson, Big Bop Nouveau's ' "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" was released on its scheduled release date, August 22, 2000. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:20, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Various Artists's "Introduction To Big Band Swing" album is number 6 out of 11. Based on our statistics, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'s popularity is unknown right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Maynard Ferguson, Big Bop Nouveau to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 120 BPM, a half-time of 60BPM, and a double-time of 240 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. 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 Minor. Because this track belongs in the F Minor key, the camelot key is 4A. So, the perfect camelot match for 4A would be either 4A or 3B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 4B or 5A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1A and a high energy boost can either be 6A or 11A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 3A would be a great choice. Where 7A would give you a moderate drop, and 2A or 9A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-3.956 dB
Acousticness
25%
Danceability
51%
Energy
84%
Instrumentalness
35%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
93%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
67%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records