Christmas Child by Burl Ives Song Details

Burl Ives's 'Christmas Child' had a release date set for October 1, 1965. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:50. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Christmas Child's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Burl Ives's "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas" album is number 4 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Christmas Child is currently not that popular. 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

We consider the tempo marking of Christmas Child by Burl Ives to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 106 BPM, a half-time of 53BPM, and a double-time of 212 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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