Doctor Jimmy by The Who Song Details

The Who's 'Doctor Jimmy' had a release date set for October 19, 1973. At 8 minutes and 35 seconds, this song is fairly long compared to the average song length. On top of that, this track is considered explicit and may be disturbing to some, including children. There are a total of 28 in the song's album "Quadrophenia". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Based on our statistics, Doctor Jimmy's popularity is below average in popularity 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

With Doctor Jimmy by The Who having a BPM of 147 with a half-time of 74 BPM and a double-time of 294 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.064 dB
Acousticness
22%
Danceability
38%
Energy
64%
Instrumentalness
28%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
83%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
29%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records