Jesus Lay Down Beside Me by Mavis Staples Song Details

Mavis Staples's 'Jesus Lay Down Beside Me' had a release date set for February 19, 2016. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:05, 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 track order of this song in Mavis Staples's "Livin' On A High Note" album is number 11 out of 12. In terms of popularity, Jesus Lay Down Beside Me 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

We consider the tempo marking of Jesus Lay Down Beside Me by Mavis Staples to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 93 BPM, a half-time of 46BPM, and a double-time of 186 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 D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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