Work by Thelonious Monk Song Details

Thelonious Monk's ' "Work" was released on its scheduled release date, 1954. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 5 in the song's album "Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Work's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With Work by Thelonious Monk having a BPM of 137 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 274 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.

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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Popularity
Loudness
-6.993 dB
Acousticness
77%
Danceability
45%
Energy
49%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
22%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
42%

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ISRC
USFI85500071
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records