When I Am King by A Great Big World Song Details

A Great Big World's 'When I Am King' had a release date set for October 10, 2025. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:11, 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. Since When I Am King only contains only one song in the album, we like to consider this song as a single. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. The popularity of When I Am King is currently below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

Since When I Am King by A Great Big World has a tempo of 162 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With When I Am King being at 162 BPM, the half-time would be 81 BPM with a double-time of 324 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

D 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 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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