Swahili by Clark Terry Song Details

Clark Terry's ' "Swahili" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1997. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 6:07, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The song is number 1 out of 12 in Clark Terry by Clark Terry. Based on our statistics, Swahili's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Swahili by Clark Terry is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 120 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E♭ Major is the music key of this track. 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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Popularity
Loudness
-12.876 dB
Acousticness
77%
Danceability
55%
Energy
55%
Instrumentalness
86%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
48%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records