When Pay Day Rolls Around by Riders In The Sky Song Details

On January 1, 1987, the song "When Pay Day Rolls Around" was released by Riders In The Sky. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:44, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "The Cowboy Way". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Based on our statistics, When Pay Day Rolls Around'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.

BPM and Tempo

With When Pay Day Rolls Around by Riders In The Sky having a BPM of 158 with a half-time of 79 BPM and a double-time of 316 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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