Joke About Jamaica by The Hold Steady Song Details

The Hold Steady's 'Joke About Jamaica' had a release date set for 2008. 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. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Stay Positive". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Joke About Jamaica's popularity is unknown 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

With Joke About Jamaica by The Hold Steady having a BPM of 142 with a half-time of 71 BPM and a double-time of 284 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-4.44 dB
Acousticness
10%
Danceability
28%
Energy
89%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
32%
Loudness
93%
Speechiness
8%
Valence
35%

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ISRC
USVR90850101
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records