The Big Apple by Hugh Masekela Song Details

Hugh Masekela's ' "The Big Apple" was released on its scheduled release date, 1972. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in Hugh Masekela's "Home Is Where The Music Is" album is number 3 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, The Big Apple is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Big Apple by Hugh Masekela to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 112 BPM, a half-time of 56BPM, and a double-time of 224 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E♭ Minor. Because this track belongs in the E♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 2A. So, the perfect camelot match for 2A would be either 2A or 1B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 2B or 3A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11A and a high energy boost can either be 4A or 9A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 1A would be a great choice. Where 5A would give you a moderate drop, and 12A or 7A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.087 dB
Acousticness
60%
Danceability
62%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
82%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
47%

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ISRC
USUM70821261
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records