Traffic Jam by James Taylor Song Details

James Taylor's ' "Traffic Jam" was released on its scheduled release date, 1977. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:58, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in James Taylor's "JT" album is number 11 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Traffic Jam 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 Traffic Jam by James Taylor to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 112 BPM, a half-time of 56BPM, and a double-time of 224 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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