Something To Live For by Billy Strayhorn Song Details

"Something To Live For" by Billy Strayhorn had its release date on May 12, 1963. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:02. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "The Peaceful Side Of Jazz". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Something To Live For is currently below average in popularity. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Something To Live For by Billy Strayhorn having a BPM of 91 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 182 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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