Joseph Spence's ' "Sloop John B." was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1972. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:31, 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. The track order of this song in Joseph Spence's "Good Morning Mr. Walker" album is number 19 out of 21. Based on our statistics, Sloop John B.'s popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.
We consider the tempo marking of Sloop John B. by Joseph Spence to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 137 BPM, a half-time of 68BPM, and a double-time of 274 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 5/4.
This song is in the music key of F♯ Major. This also means that 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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down - Remastered | Ed Young, Unidentified prisoners, Alan Lomax | B Major | 3 | 1B | 73 BPM | ||
| Good Morning Mr. Walker | Joseph Spence | B♭ Minor | 3 | 3A | 110 BPM | ||
| F.D.R. In Trinidad | Ry Cooder | A Major | 2 | 11B | 154 BPM | ||
| Bells | Pentangle | G Major | 8 | 9B | 124 BPM | ||
| Sail Away Lady - 2020 Remaster | Uncle Bunt Stephens | D Major | 4 | 10B | 125 BPM | ||
| Do the Math | The Clementine Kids, Joseph Spence | C Major | 3 | 8B | 107 BPM | ||
| Boys Them Buzzards Are Flying | Eddie Barbash | D Major | 1 | 10B | 132 BPM | ||
| Jane, Jane | Shirley Collins, Davy Graham | B Minor | 4 | 10A | 115 BPM | ||
| Beautiful Cosmos | Ivor Cutler | D♭ Major | 1 | 3B | 118 BPM | ||
| The Razor Ball | Blind Willie McTell | F♯ Major | 4 | 2B | 110 BPM | ||
| Police Dog Blues | Etta Baker | F♯ Major | 1 | 2B | 129 BPM | ||
| Sundown | Son House | G Major | 3 | 9B | 199 BPM | ||
| Sunny Tennesse | Etta Baker | G Major | 7 | 9B | 109 BPM | ||
| I'm Walking To A Farm | Ivor Cutler | F♯ Major | 0 | 2B | 111 BPM | ||
| Shake 'Em on Down | Furry Lewis | F Major | 3 | 7B | 125 BPM | ||
| Your Feet's Too Big | Fats Waller | C Major | 1 | 8B | 117 BPM | ||
| Naked Ladies & Electric Ragtime - 2011 Remaster | Michael Chapman | D Major | 4 | 10B | 136 BPM | ||
| Blues For Chris - Remastered 2025 | Lonnie Johnson, Elmer Snowden | G Major | 0 | 9B | 206 BPM | ||
| The Little Devils | Jean Ritchie | B♭ Major | 1 | 6B | 97 BPM | ||
| Crow Jane | Etta Baker, Cora Phillips | E Major | 2 | 12B | 168 BPM | ||
| St. Charles Shuffle | Peter Lang | G Major | 4 | 9B | 134 BPM | ||
| The Glory of Love - Live | Joseph Spence | A♭ Major | 3 | 4B | 156 BPM | ||
| If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down | Blind Willie Johnson | F Major | 3 | 7B | 165 BPM | ||
| Werewolf | Michael Hurley | A Minor | 0 | 8A | 120 BPM | ||
| Nottamun Town | Shirley Collins, Davy Graham | F Major | 3 | 7B | 144 BPM |