Sweet & Pungent by Duke Ellington Song Details

Duke Ellington's 'Sweet & Pungent' had a release date set for 1958. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:01, 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. The song is number 4 out of 19 in Blues In Orbit by Duke Ellington. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. The popularity of Sweet & Pungent is currently 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

The tempo marking of Sweet & Pungent by Duke Ellington is Presto (very, very fast), since this song has a tempo of 184 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

C Minor is the music key of this track. Because this track belongs in the C Minor key, the camelot key is 5A. So, the perfect camelot match for 5A would be either 5A or 4B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 5B or 6A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2A and a high energy boost can either be 7A or 12A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 4A would be a great choice. Where 8A would give you a moderate drop, and 3A or 10A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.431 dB
Acousticness
91%
Danceability
45%
Energy
6%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
76%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
25%

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ISRC
USSM10307050
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records