Genesis (In the Beginning) by Don McLean Song Details

Don McLean's ' "Genesis (In the Beginning)" was released on its scheduled release date, December 1, 1978. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The song is number 10 out of 12 in Chain Lightning by Don McLean. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Genesis (In the Beginning) is not that popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Genesis (In the Beginning) by Don McLean is Adagio (slowly with great expression), since this song has a tempo of 69 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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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