(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
Louis Armstrong
This Is Jazz Louis Armstrong Sings
4:37 1928
BPM
72
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue by Louis Armstrong Song Details

Louis Armstrong's '(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue' had a release date set for 1928. 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 16 in the song's album "This Is Jazz Louis Armstrong Sings". In this album, this song's track order is #11. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue is below average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue by Louis Armstrong having a BPM of 72 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 144 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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
-14.907 dB
Acousticness
83%
Danceability
41%
Energy
10%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
27%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
22%

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ISRC
USSM15500045
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records