Traffic Jam by James Taylor Song Details

James Taylor's ' "Traffic Jam" was released on its scheduled release date, June 30, 1993. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:10. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Traffic Jam's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in James Taylor's "James Taylor Live" album is number 2 out of 30. Based on our statistics, Traffic Jam's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Traffic Jam by James Taylor to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 125 BPM, a half-time of 62BPM, and a double-time of 250 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 G Major. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-12.646 dB
Acousticness
37%
Danceability
71%
Energy
64%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
68%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
48%
Valence
50%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records