Catfish by John Lee Hooker Song Details

On January 1, 1991, the song "Catfish" was released by John Lee Hooker. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in John Lee Hooker's "More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album" album is number 6 out of 9. In terms of popularity, Catfish is currently not that popular. 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 Catfish by John Lee Hooker 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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