Running Water by Daniel Johnston Song Details

Daniel Johnston's 'Running Water' had a release date set for September 1, 1983. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:31, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Daniel Johnston's "Hi How Are You" album is number 10 out of 15. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Running Water is below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Running Water by Daniel Johnston to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 79 BPM, a half-time of 40BPM, and a double-time of 158 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

D Major is the music key of this track. 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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