That's Why I Play
Jerry Jeff Walker
It's About Time
3:53 March 24, 2018
BPM
135
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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That's Why I Play by Jerry Jeff Walker Song Details

On March 24, 2018, the song "That's Why I Play" was released by Jerry Jeff Walker. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:53, 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 Jerry Jeff Walker's "It's About Time" album is number 1 out of 11. Based on our statistics, That's Why I Play's popularity is not that popular right now. 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 That's Why I Play by Jerry Jeff Walker to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 135 BPM, a half-time of 68BPM, and a double-time of 270 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 G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.001 dB
Acousticness
42%
Danceability
70%
Energy
71%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
19%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
95%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records