When a Man Gets the Blues by Billy Lee Riley Song Details

Billy Lee Riley's ' "When a Man Gets the Blues" was released on its scheduled release date, April 28, 1960. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:37, 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 22 in the song's album "Oh, That Red Hot Billy Lee!". In this album, this song's track order is #19. In terms of popularity, When a Man Gets the Blues is currently unknown. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With When a Man Gets the Blues by Billy Lee Riley having a BPM of 111 with a half-time of 56 BPM and a double-time of 222 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. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

G 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 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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