America (We Need the Light) by Billy Paul Song Details

Billy Paul's ' "America (We Need the Light)" was released on its scheduled release date, December 1, 1975. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. This song is part of When Love Is New by Billy Paul. The song's track number on the album is #2 out of 7 tracks. Based on our statistics, America (We Need the Light)'s popularity is 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 America (We Need the Light) by Billy Paul has a tempo of 128 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With America (We Need the Light) being at 128 BPM, the half-time would be 64 BPM with a double-time of 256 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

G 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 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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