Purple Snowflakes by Marvin Gaye Song Details

On November 28, 2025, the song "Purple Snowflakes" was released by Marvin Gaye. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:49. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Purple Snowflakes's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in The Jackson 5's "Jackson 5 Presents: Christmas Soul" album is number 44 out of 50. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Purple Snowflakes's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Purple Snowflakes by Marvin Gaye to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 120 BPM, a half-time of 60BPM, and a double-time of 240 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 C Major. This also means that 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
-8.274 dB
Acousticness
47%
Danceability
67%
Energy
62%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
94%

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ISRC
USMO10111194
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records