Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas Song Details

Kansas's ' "Carry on Wayward Son" was released on its scheduled release date, 1976. 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. The track order of this song in Kansas's "Leftoverture (Expanded Edition)" album is number 1 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Carry on Wayward Son is currently fairly popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 106 BPM, a half-time of 53BPM, and a double-time of 212 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 is in the music key of G Minor. Because this track belongs in the G Minor key, the camelot key is 6A. So, the perfect camelot match for 6A would be either 6A or 5B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 6B or 7A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3A and a high energy boost can either be 8A or 1A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 5A would be a great choice. Where 9A would give you a moderate drop, and 4A or 11A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9B allows you to change the mood.

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