Upper and Outest by Duke Ellington Song Details

Duke Ellington's 'Upper and Outest' had a release date set for 1959. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:17. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Upper and Outest's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 13 out of 25 in Anatomy of a Murder by Duke Ellington. In terms of popularity, Upper and Outest is currently below average in popularity. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Upper and Outest by Duke Ellington is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 96 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

E♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.215 dB
Acousticness
85%
Danceability
34%
Energy
24%
Instrumentalness
56%
Liveness
31%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
36%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records