It's a Shame by Alton Ellis Song Details

Alton Ellis's ' "It's a Shame" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2004. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:51. This song does not appear to have any foul language. It's a Shame's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 19 in the song's album "Studio One Funk". In this album, this song's track order is #17. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. It's a Shame is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With It's a Shame by Alton Ellis having a BPM of 81 with a half-time of 40 BPM and a double-time of 162 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F♯ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.644 dB
Acousticness
3%
Danceability
84%
Energy
37%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
31%
Valence
56%

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ISRC
GBHWT0500231
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records