Keep A-Knockin' by Little Richard Song Details

On January 1, 1985, the song "Keep A-Knockin'" was released by Little Richard. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:18. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Keep A-Knockin''s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 20 in the song's album "The Essential Little Richard". In this album, this song's track order is #12. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of Keep A-Knockin' is currently below average in popularity right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Keep A-Knockin' by Little Richard having a BPM of 171 with a half-time of 86 BPM and a double-time of 342 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 A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.723 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
32%
Energy
92%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
10%
Valence
96%

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ISRC
USSPI5700012
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records