Bridge Over Troubled Water by Merry Clayton Song Details

Merry Clayton's ' "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was released on its scheduled release date, March 16, 1970. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:49, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The track order of this song in Merry Clayton's "Gimme Shelter" album is number 3 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Bridge Over Troubled Water's popularity is not that popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Bridge Over Troubled Water by Merry Clayton to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 143 BPM, a half-time of 72BPM, and a double-time of 286 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, 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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