Long Time Ago in Bethlehem
The Jolly Boys
Jamaican Christmas
3:44 October 23, 2012
BPM
102
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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Long Time Ago in Bethlehem by The Jolly Boys Song Details

The Jolly Boys's ' "Long Time Ago in Bethlehem" was released on its scheduled release date, October 23, 2012. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:44, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in The Jolly Boys's "Jamaican Christmas" album is number 1 out of 2. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Long Time Ago in Bethlehem is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Long Time Ago in Bethlehem by The Jolly Boys to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 102 BPM, a half-time of 51BPM, and a double-time of 204 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. This also means that 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
-14.899 dB
Acousticness
64%
Danceability
63%
Energy
24%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
4%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
74%

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ISRC
USA3Y0600825
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records