Why, Oh Why? by Woody Guthrie Song Details

Woody Guthrie's ' "Why, Oh Why?" was released on its scheduled release date, April 16, 1991. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:31, 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. There are a total of 18 in the song's album "Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child". In this album, this song's track order is #13. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Why, Oh Why? 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

With Why, Oh Why? by Woody Guthrie having a BPM of 115 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 230 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 1/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-21.067 dB
Acousticness
99%
Danceability
83%
Energy
6%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
21%
Loudness
65%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
65%

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ISRC
USSF19003513
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records