Why I Sing The Blues
B.B. King
Live And Well
8:37 January 1, 1969
BPM
118
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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Why I Sing The Blues by B.B. King Song Details

B.B. King's ' "Why I Sing The Blues" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1969. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in B.B. King's "Live And Well" album is number 10 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Why I Sing The Blues is currently average in popularity. 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 Why I Sing The Blues by B.B. King to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 118 BPM, a half-time of 59BPM, and a double-time of 236 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. 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
-11.603 dB
Acousticness
24%
Danceability
79%
Energy
50%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
72%

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ISRC
USMC16947488
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records