If All I Was Was Black
Mavis Staples
If All I Was Was Black
3:55 November 17, 2017
BPM
101
Key
A Major
Camelot
11B

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If All I Was Was Black by Mavis Staples Song Details

Mavis Staples's ' "If All I Was Was Black" was released on its scheduled release date, November 17, 2017. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:55, 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. The track order of this song in Mavis Staples's "If All I Was Was Black" album is number 2 out of 10. In terms of popularity, If All I Was Was Black 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

We consider the tempo marking of If All I Was Was Black by Mavis Staples to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 101 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 202 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.771 dB
Acousticness
32%
Danceability
72%
Energy
61%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
89%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
74%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records