Famous for a Day
Tom Paxton, John McCutcheon
Together Again
4:21 January 9, 2026
BPM
81
Key
D Major
Camelot
10B

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Famous for a Day by Tom Paxton, John McCutcheon Song Details

Tom Paxton, John McCutcheon's ' "Famous for a Day" was released on its scheduled release date, January 9, 2026. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:21, 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. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Together Again". In this album, this song's track order is #12. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Famous for a Day is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Famous for a Day by Tom Paxton, John McCutcheon having a BPM of 81 with a half-time of 40 BPM and a double-time of 162 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. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-8.242 dB
Acousticness
80%
Danceability
57%
Energy
35%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
45%

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ISRC
USEPH2500029
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records