Freight Train by Taj Mahal Song Details

Taj Mahal's ' "Freight Train" was released on its scheduled release date, January 5, 1960. 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 track order of this song in Taj Mahal's "Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Taj Mahal" album is number 14 out of 15. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Freight Train's popularity is unknown right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Freight Train by Taj Mahal to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 141 BPM, a half-time of 70BPM, and a double-time of 282 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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