The Clock Strikes Twelve by Bo Diddley Song Details

Bo Diddley's ' "The Clock Strikes Twelve" was released on its scheduled release date, July 1, 1959. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:57. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Clock Strikes Twelve's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Bo Diddley's "Go Bo Diddley" album is number 12 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The Clock Strikes Twelve is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Clock Strikes Twelve by Bo Diddley to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 85 BPM, a half-time of 42BPM, and a double-time of 170 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

D♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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