It Don't Mean a Thing
Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck
We got it good
3:58 January 1, 1999
BPM
130
Key
A♭ Major
Camelot
4B

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It Don't Mean a Thing by Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck Song Details

Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck's ' "It Don't Mean a Thing" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1999. 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. This song is part of We got it good by André Previn, David Finck. The song's track number on the album is #13 out of 13 tracks. Based on our data, Germany was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, It Don't Mean a Thing'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

Since It Don't Mean a Thing by Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck has a tempo of 130 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With It Don't Mean a Thing being at 130 BPM, the half-time would be 65 BPM with a double-time of 260 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-18.014 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
53%
Energy
26%
Instrumentalness
90%
Liveness
71%
Loudness
70%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
48%

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ISRC
DEF059903620
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records