Smiling Faces Sometimes
Rare Earth
Ma
6:01 January 1, 1973
BPM
90
Key
B♭ Minor
Camelot
3A

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Smiling Faces Sometimes by Rare Earth Song Details

Rare Earth's ' "Smiling Faces Sometimes" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1973. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:01, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The track order of this song in Rare Earth's "Ma" album is number 3 out of 5. In terms of popularity, Smiling Faces Sometimes is currently below 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 Smiling Faces Sometimes by Rare Earth to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 90 BPM, a half-time of 45BPM, and a double-time of 180 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. 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
-15.351 dB
Acousticness
26%
Danceability
70%
Energy
50%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
28%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
74%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records