California by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Song Details

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's ' "California" was released on its scheduled release date, August 6, 1996. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:39. This song does not appear to have any foul language. California's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "She's the One (Songs and Music from the Motion Picture)". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, California is currently below average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With California by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers having a BPM of 116 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 232 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical 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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