Sitting in Limbo by Jimmy Cliff Song Details

On 1976, the song "Sitting in Limbo" was released by Jimmy Cliff. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:48, 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 Jimmy Cliff's "In Concert: Best Of J. Cliff" album is number 8 out of 10. Based on our statistics, Sitting in Limbo'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 Sitting in Limbo by Jimmy Cliff to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 154 BPM, a half-time of 77BPM, and a double-time of 308 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, running, 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
-16.839 dB
Acousticness
30%
Danceability
68%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
78%
Loudness
72%
Speechiness
15%
Valence
88%

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