If I Only Had a Brain
Livingston Taylor
Good Friends
4:17 May 21, 1993
BPM
122
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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If I Only Had a Brain by Livingston Taylor Song Details

Livingston Taylor's ' "If I Only Had a Brain" was released on its scheduled release date, May 21, 1993. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:17, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Livingston Taylor's "Good Friends" album is number 5 out of 16. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, If I Only Had a Brain's popularity is not that popular right now. 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 If I Only Had a Brain by Livingston Taylor to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 122 BPM, a half-time of 61BPM, and a double-time of 244 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-28.227 dB
Acousticness
85%
Danceability
63%
Energy
3%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
53%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
55%

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ISRC
US99C0509705
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records