I Am The Blues by Memphis Slim Song Details

Memphis Slim's ' "I Am The Blues" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1973. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:49. This song does not appear to have any foul language. I Am The Blues's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "The Sonet Blues Story". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from Sweden. The popularity of I Am The Blues is currently 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 I Am The Blues by Memphis Slim having a BPM of 174 with a half-time of 87 BPM and a double-time of 348 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 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.966 dB
Acousticness
42%
Danceability
47%
Energy
42%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
41%

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ISRC
SEBFO0400528
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records