The Unicorn by Shel Silverstein Song Details

Shel Silverstein's 'The Unicorn' had a release date set for 1962. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:30, 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 Shel Silverstein's "Inside Folk Songs" album is number 17 out of 17. In terms of popularity, The Unicorn is currently not that popular. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Unicorn by Shel Silverstein to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 97 BPM, a half-time of 48BPM, and a double-time of 194 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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