If Ever I Should Leave You
Hank Crawford
It's a Funky Thing to Do
4:32 September 15, 1971
BPM
129
Key
B♭ Major
Camelot
6B

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If Ever I Should Leave You by Hank Crawford Song Details

"If Ever I Should Leave You" by Hank Crawford had its release date on September 15, 1971. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The track order of this song in Hank Crawford's "It's a Funky Thing to Do" album is number 2 out of 7. Based on our statistics, If Ever I Should Leave You's popularity is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of If Ever I Should Leave You by Hank Crawford to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 129 BPM, a half-time of 64BPM, and a double-time of 258 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-9.823 dB
Acousticness
82%
Danceability
36%
Energy
15%
Instrumentalness
44%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
84%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
8%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records