Lay Lady Lay by Isaac Hayes Song Details

Isaac Hayes's ' "Lay Lady Lay" was released on its scheduled release date, February 15, 1994. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:36, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Tangled Up In Blues: Songs Of Bob Dylan". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Lay Lady Lay's popularity is not that popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Lay Lady Lay by Isaac Hayes having a BPM of 143 with a half-time of 72 BPM and a double-time of 286 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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