A Long Time Ago by Jim Croce Song Details

On April 1, 1972, the song "A Long Time Ago" was released by Jim Croce. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:21. This song does not appear to have any foul language. A Long Time Ago's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. This song is part of You Don't Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce. The song's track number on the album is #11 out of 12 tracks. Based on our data, United Kingdom was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, A Long Time Ago is currently average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since A Long Time Ago by Jim Croce has a tempo of 115 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Moderato (at a moderate speed). With A Long Time Ago being at 115 BPM, the half-time would be 58 BPM with a double-time of 230 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty moderate for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. 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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