Optimism Blues by Helen Reddy Song Details

On November 1, 2009, the song "Optimism Blues" was released by Helen Reddy. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:14. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. This song is part of When I Dream by Helen Reddy. The song's track number on the album is #2 out of 11 tracks. The popularity of Optimism Blues is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Optimism Blues by Helen Reddy has a tempo of 172 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With Optimism Blues being at 172 BPM, the half-time would be 86 BPM with a double-time of 344 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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