Take Me To The Water
Nina Simone
High Priestess Of Soul
2:49 January 1, 1967
BPM
111
Key
D♭ Major
Camelot
3B

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Take Me To The Water by Nina Simone Song Details

"Take Me To The Water" by Nina Simone had its release date on January 1, 1967. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:49. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Take Me To The Water's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Nina Simone's "High Priestess Of Soul" album is number 6 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Take Me To The Water is currently below average in popularity. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Take Me To The Water by Nina Simone to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 111 BPM, a half-time of 56BPM, and a double-time of 222 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical 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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Popularity
Loudness
-12.024 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
34%
Energy
18%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
30%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
18%

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ISRC
USPR36700011
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records