Papa Was a Rolling Stone by Phil Collins Song Details

Phil Collins's ' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" was released on its scheduled release date, September 10, 2010. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in Phil Collins's "Going Back (2010)" album is number 9 out of 26. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Papa Was a Rolling Stone is currently below average in popularity right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Papa Was a Rolling Stone by Phil Collins to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 164 BPM, a half-time of 82BPM, and a double-time of 328 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F♯ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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