How Long Has This Been Going On?
Dorothy Dandridge
Smooth Operator
3:33 January 1, 1999
BPM
128
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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How Long Has This Been Going On? by Dorothy Dandridge Song Details

"How Long Has This Been Going On?" by Dorothy Dandridge had its release date on January 1, 1999. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:33, 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 16 in the song's album "Smooth Operator". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Based on our statistics, How Long Has This Been Going On?'s popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With How Long Has This Been Going On? by Dorothy Dandridge having a BPM of 128 with a half-time of 64 BPM and a double-time of 256 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.733 dB
Acousticness
95%
Danceability
50%
Energy
13%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
15%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
14%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records