Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) by Jim Croce Song Details

On April 1, 1972, the song "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" was released by Jim Croce. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:49, 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. This song is part of You Don't Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce. The song's track number on the album is #7 out of 12 tracks. Based on our statistics, Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)'s popularity is fairly popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

Since Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) by Jim Croce has a tempo of 130 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) being at 130 BPM, the half-time would be 65 BPM with a double-time of 260 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of G Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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