When I Was A Cowboy by Ralph McTell Song Details

On October 10, 1972, the song "When I Was A Cowboy" was released by Ralph McTell. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:56, 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. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Not Till Tomorrow". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, When I Was A Cowboy's popularity is not that popular right now. 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 When I Was A Cowboy by Ralph McTell having a BPM of 140 with a half-time of 70 BPM and a double-time of 280 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 A♭ Major. This also means that 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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