Why Must I by The Heptones Song Details

The Heptones's ' "Why Must I" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1977. 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 10 in the song's album "Party Time". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Why Must I's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Why Must I by The Heptones having a BPM of 141 with a half-time of 70 BPM and a double-time of 282 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.398 dB
Acousticness
4%
Danceability
77%
Energy
40%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
65%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
67%

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ISRC
USIR27600369
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records