Whiskey In The Jar by Thin Lizzy Song Details

Thin Lizzy's ' "Whiskey In The Jar" was released on its scheduled release date, 1972. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:45, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 18 in the song's album "Shades Of A Blue Orphanage (Deluxe)". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Whiskey In The Jar's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Whiskey In The Jar by Thin Lizzy 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

This song has a musical key of G Major. 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
-11.044 dB
Acousticness
53%
Danceability
56%
Energy
69%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
20%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
75%

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ISRC
GBF077220250
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records