Old Friend by J.J. Cale Song Details

On February 24, 2009, the song "Old Friend" was released by J.J. Cale. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:56, 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. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Roll On". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Old Friend 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

With Old Friend by J.J. Cale having a BPM of 119 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 238 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with 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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Popularity
Loudness
-10.891 dB
Acousticness
49%
Danceability
79%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
28%
Liveness
15%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
80%

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ISRC
USRO20925810
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records