Cry Baby by Janis Joplin Song Details

Janis Joplin's ' "Cry Baby" was released on its scheduled release date, January 11, 1971. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:58, 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. There are a total of 29 in the song's album "Pearl (Legacy Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Cry Baby is fairly popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Cry Baby by Janis Joplin having a BPM of 83 with a half-time of 42 BPM and a double-time of 166 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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