I Should Be Dancing by The Emotions Song Details

On 1979, the song "I Should Be Dancing" was released by The Emotions. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:16, 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. The song is number 5 out of 12 in Come Into Our World (Expanded Edition) by The Emotions. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Based on our statistics, I Should Be Dancing's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of I Should Be Dancing by The Emotions is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 126 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Minor. Because this track belongs in the B♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 3A. So, the perfect camelot match for 3A would be either 3A or 2B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 3B or 4A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12A and a high energy boost can either be 5A or 10A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 2A would be a great choice. Where 6A would give you a moderate drop, and 1A or 8A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.037 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
78%
Energy
86%
Instrumentalness
15%
Liveness
32%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
91%

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ISRC
USSM10803227
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records