The Obvious Child by Paul Simon Song Details

On October 16, 1990, the song "The Obvious Child" was released by Paul Simon. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:10, 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 14 in the song's album "The Rhythm Of The Saints". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, The Obvious Child is currently average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With The Obvious Child by Paul Simon having a BPM of 93 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 186 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical 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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