Sputnik by Lou Donaldson Song Details

Lou Donaldson's ' "Sputnik" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1957. This song appears to be safe for all ages as it is not explicit. The track order of this song in Lou Donaldson's "Lou Takes Off" album is number 1 out of 4. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Sputnik's popularity 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 Sputnik by Lou Donaldson to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 131 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 262 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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