'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel
Cowboy Junkies
The Caution Horses
4:14 March 1, 1990
BPM
143
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel by Cowboy Junkies Song Details

Cowboy Junkies's ' "'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" was released on its scheduled release date, March 1, 1990. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:14, 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. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "The Caution Horses". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Canada. Based on our statistics, 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel by Cowboy Junkies having a BPM of 143 with a half-time of 72 BPM and a double-time of 286 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

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
-15.105 dB
Acousticness
6%
Danceability
38%
Energy
32%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
41%

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ISRC
CAV168900924
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records