Progress Is the Root of All Evil by Howard St. John Song Details

Howard St. John's ' "Progress Is the Root of All Evil" was released on its scheduled release date, 1956. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:02. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Original Broadway Cast of Li'l Abner's "Li'l Abner (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" album is number 14 out of 20. In terms of popularity, Progress Is the Root of All Evil is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Progress Is the Root of All Evil by Howard St. John to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 114 BPM, a half-time of 57BPM, and a double-time of 228 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 is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.172 dB
Acousticness
85%
Danceability
59%
Energy
41%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
55%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
40%
Valence
56%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records