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.
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.
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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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Partisan | Taggy Matcher, Birdy Nixon | A Minor | 3 | 8A | 135 BPM | ||
| Ten Commandments from Woman to Man (Mono) | Prince Buster | A♭ Major | 5 | 4B | 124 BPM | ||
| Love of the Common People | Nicky Thomas | E Major | 4 | 12B | 164 BPM | ||
| El Bang Bang | Jackie Mittoo | A Minor | 6 | 8A | 110 BPM | ||
| Weather Report | The Tenors | D♭ Major | 7 | 3B | 74 BPM | ||
| Wild Thing | Sister Carol | A Major | 7 | 11B | 118 BPM | ||
| The Mighty Quinn | Hopeton Lewis | B Minor | 5 | 10A | 147 BPM | ||
| Black Gold & Green | Ken Boothe | G Minor | 5 | 6A | 81 BPM | ||
| Kitch You So Sweet | Lord Kitchener | B Major | 4 | 1B | 157 BPM | ||
| Short Little Shorts | Mighty Sparrow | B♭ Major | 4 | 6B | 152 BPM | ||
| Look-Ka-Py-Py (aka Reggae a Bye Bye) | Lloyd Charmers, The Hippy Boys | C Major | 5 | 8B | 167 BPM | ||
| Cantaloupe Island | Taggy Matcher | D♭ Major | 6 | 3B | 172 BPM | ||
| Smoke A Cigarette | Lord Kitchener | D Major | 5 | 10B | 139 BPM | ||
| 5446 That's My Number | Byron Lee | D♭ Major | 4 | 3B | 172 BPM | ||
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | Ska Cubano | F Minor | 7 | 4A | 98 BPM | ||
| Reggae Merengue | Tommy McCook & The Supersonics | B Major | 5 | 1B | 112 BPM | ||
| Zum Galli | Eek-A-Mouse | F Minor | 5 | 4A | 113 BPM | ||
| Big Fat Wife | The Jolly Boys | A♭ Minor | 8 | 1A | 109 BPM | ||
| Get Up Adina | Desmond Dekker & The Four Aces | B Minor | 6 | 10A | 141 BPM | ||
| Wrong Emboyo | The Rulers | E♭ Major | 3 | 5B | 100 BPM | ||
| Woman Capture Man | The Ethiopians | F Minor | 1 | 4A | 140 BPM | ||
| Heading North | The Mighty Terror | E♭ Major | 7 | 5B | 112 BPM | ||
| Take It Easy | Hopeton Lewis | C Major | 2 | 8B | 99 BPM | ||
| Land of 1000 Dances | The Dynamics | G Major | 9 | 9B | 137 BPM | ||
| Don't Fence Her In | The Jolly Boys | D♭ Major | 4 | 3B | 86 BPM |