Helpless by Buffy Sainte-Marie Song Details

Buffy Sainte-Marie's ' "Helpless" was released on its scheduled release date, 1971. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:11. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "She Used To Wanna Be A Ballerina". In this album, this song's track order is #6. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Helpless's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Helpless by Buffy Sainte-Marie having a BPM of 134 with a half-time of 67 BPM and a double-time of 268 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D 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 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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Popularity
Loudness
-12.24 dB
Acousticness
60%
Danceability
50%
Energy
42%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
58%

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ISRC
USVG29208158
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records