To Lay Me Down by Cowboy Junkies Song Details

"To Lay Me Down" by Cowboy Junkies had its release date on October 12, 1999. 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. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Canada. In terms of popularity, To Lay Me Down is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With To Lay Me Down by Cowboy Junkies having a BPM of 101 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 202 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 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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Popularity
Loudness
-15.573 dB
Acousticness
74%
Danceability
28%
Energy
16%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
10%

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ISRC
CALG12000705
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records