Better Not Wake The Baby by The Decemberists Song Details

On January 20, 2015, the song "Better Not Wake The Baby" was released by The Decemberists. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:44, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. This song is part of What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists. The song's track number on the album is #9 out of 14 tracks. In terms of popularity, Better Not Wake The Baby is currently below average in popularity. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Better Not Wake The Baby by The Decemberists has a tempo of 94 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With Better Not Wake The Baby being at 94 BPM, the half-time would be 47 BPM with a double-time of 188 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, yoga or pilates. 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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