What Am I Living For by Percy Sledge Song Details

Percy Sledge's ' "What Am I Living For" was released on its scheduled release date, 1967. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:31. This song does not appear to have any foul language. What Am I Living For's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "The Percy Sledge Way". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of What Am I Living For is currently below average in popularity right now. The mood doesn't appear to be that danceable, but it still produces a high amount of positive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With What Am I Living For by Percy Sledge having a BPM of 174 with a half-time of 87 BPM and a double-time of 348 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Vivace (lively and fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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