The Cruel Ship's Captain by Dave Van Ronk Song Details

Dave Van Ronk's 'The Cruel Ship's Captain' had a release date set for January 1, 1989. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:59, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Dave Van Ronk's "Inside Dave Van Ronk" album is number 2 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, The Cruel Ship's Captain's popularity is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Cruel Ship's Captain by Dave Van Ronk to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 122 BPM, a half-time of 61BPM, and a double-time of 244 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

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