Uptown Babies Don't Cry by Max Romeo, The Upsetters Song Details

Max Romeo, The Upsetters's ' "Uptown Babies Don't Cry" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1976. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. This song is part of War Ina Babylon (Expanded Edition) by Max Romeo & The Upsetters. The song's track number on the album is #2 out of 14 tracks. Based on our statistics, Uptown Babies Don't Cry's popularity is below average in popularity 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

Since Uptown Babies Don't Cry by Max Romeo, The Upsetters has a tempo of 129 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With Uptown Babies Don't Cry being at 129 BPM, the half-time would be 64 BPM with a double-time of 258 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. 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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