LaBelle's ' "It Took A Long Time" was released on its scheduled release date, 1973. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:02, 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 29 in the song's album "Original Album Classics". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Based on our statistics, It Took A Long Time'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.
With It Took A Long Time by LaBelle having a BPM of 124 with a half-time of 62 BPM and a double-time of 248 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song is in the music key of E♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking the Line | The Emotions | F♯ Minor | 5 | 11A | 140 BPM | ||
| The Bells - Previously released material | Laura Nyro, LaBelle | C Major | 4 | 8B | 77 BPM | ||
| Living All Alone | Phyllis Hyman | E Minor | 6 | 9A | 128 BPM | ||
| Wake Up Everybody (feat. Teddy Pendergrass) | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass | F♯ Major | 6 | 2B | 98 BPM | ||
| Love Makes the World Go 'Round | Barbara Lewis | C Minor | 3 | 5A | 128 BPM | ||
| Loving You - Losing You | Phyllis Hyman | A Major | 6 | 11B | 97 BPM | ||
| He'll Never Love You Like I Do | The Spinners | F♯ Minor | 5 | 11A | 206 BPM | ||
| Goin' On A Holiday | LaBelle | F Minor | 6 | 4A | 99 BPM | ||
| Sweet Sticky Thing | Ohio Players | D♭ Minor | 6 | 12A | 91 BPM | ||
| Be My Girl | The Dramatics | C Major | 3 | 8B | 75 BPM | ||
| That's How It Feels | Soul Clan | D Major | 3 | 10B | 130 BPM | ||
| I Don't Know If It's Right | Evelyn "Champagne" King | B Minor | 9 | 10A | 113 BPM | ||
| I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song) | The Ikettes | A♭ Minor | 4 | 1A | 111 BPM | ||
| Betcha by Golly Wow (feat. Phyllis Hyman) - Remastered | Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman | E Major | 4 | 12B | 120 BPM | ||
| Medley: | LaBelle | A Major | 6 | 11B | 143 BPM | ||
| Who Can I Run To | The Jones Girls | D♭ Minor | 4 | 12A | 144 BPM | ||
| Daybreak (Storybook Children) | Cheryl Lynn | E♭ Major | 2 | 5B | 134 BPM | ||
| Whole Lotta Your Love | Lee Hurst | D Major | 3 | 10B | 92 BPM | ||
| And If I Had | Teddy Pendergrass | F Major | 4 | 7B | 96 BPM | ||
| Too Blind To See | Dorothy Moore | C Major | 2 | 8B | 138 BPM | ||
| Feel The Fire | Stephanie Mills | F Major | 4 | 7B | 114 BPM | ||
| Goin' Out Of My Head | Little Anthony & The Imperials | A Major | 3 | 11B | 104 BPM | ||
| People Make the World Go Round | The Stylistics | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 84 BPM | ||
| Wild Flower | The New Birth | F♯ Major | 4 | 2B | 121 BPM | ||
| Let's Talk It Over | Lenny Williams | D♭ Minor | 4 | 12A | 132 BPM |