It's a Shame by Johnny Clarke Song Details

On October 3, 2025, the song "It's a Shame" was released by Johnny Clarke. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:54. This song does not appear to have any foul language. It's a Shame's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 7 out of 13 in African Roots by Johnny Clarke. Based on our statistics, It's a Shame'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

The tempo marking of It's a Shame by Johnny Clarke is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 142 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.487 dB
Acousticness
53%
Danceability
84%
Energy
67%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
91%
Speechiness
16%
Valence
89%

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ISRC
QM6XS2510432
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records