Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing by Michael McDonald Song Details

Michael McDonald's ' "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2004. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Michael McDonald's "Motown and Motown II" album is number 5 out of 27. In terms of popularity, Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing by Michael McDonald to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 90 BPM, a half-time of 45BPM, and a double-time of 180 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 A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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