Picture Show by John Prine Song Details

John Prine's ' "Picture Show" was released on its scheduled release date, September 3, 1991. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:22. 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 15 in the song's album "The Missing Years". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of Picture Show is currently below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Picture Show by John Prine having a BPM of 170 with a half-time of 85 BPM and a double-time of 340 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. 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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