What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Mississippi John Hurt Song Details

Mississippi John Hurt's ' "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" was released on its scheduled release date, March 9, 2004. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:19. This song does not appear to have any foul language. What a Friend We Have in Jesus's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 29 out of 35 in D.C. Blues - The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 by Mississippi John Hurt. What a Friend We Have in Jesus is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Mississippi John Hurt is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 84 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.416 dB
Acousticness
87%
Danceability
56%
Energy
27%
Instrumentalness
34%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
64%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records