Please Don't Drive Me Away
Sam Cooke
The Man Who Invented Soul
2:12 September 26, 2000
BPM
117
Key
B Major
Camelot
1B

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Please Don't Drive Me Away by Sam Cooke Song Details

Sam Cooke's ' "Please Don't Drive Me Away" was released on its scheduled release date, September 26, 2000. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:12. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Please Don't Drive Me Away's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 96 in the song's album "The Man Who Invented Soul". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Please Don't Drive Me Away is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Please Don't Drive Me Away by Sam Cooke having a BPM of 117 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 234 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.289 dB
Acousticness
71%
Danceability
40%
Energy
50%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
50%
Loudness
76%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
50%

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ISRC
USRC16306963
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records