Sick Bed Blues by Skip James Song Details

"Sick Bed Blues" by Skip James had its release date on 1968. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:07, 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 song is number 8 out of 12 in Devil Got My Woman by Skip James. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Sick Bed Blues is currently not that popular. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Sick Bed Blues by Skip James is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 98 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Minor. Because this track belongs in the B♭ Minor key, the camelot key is 3A. So, the perfect camelot match for 3A would be either 3A or 2B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 3B or 4A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12A and a high energy boost can either be 5A or 10A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 2A would be a great choice. Where 6A would give you a moderate drop, and 1A or 8A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-19.848 dB
Acousticness
74%
Danceability
54%
Energy
12%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
67%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
16%

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ISRC
USVG28908895
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records