Bongo Man by Jimmy Cliff Song Details

Jimmy Cliff's ' "Bongo Man" was released on its scheduled release date, 1978. 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 Jimmy Cliff's "Give Thanx" album is number 1 out of 10. In terms of popularity, Bongo Man is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Bongo Man by Jimmy Cliff to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 92 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 184 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

Want to find the BPM and music key for other songs? Check out our BPM and Key Finder page!