Midnight Special by Odetta Song Details

On January 1, 2006, the song "Midnight Special" was released by Odetta. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:26. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "One Grain Of Sand". In this album, this song's track order is #3. In terms of popularity, Midnight Special 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 Midnight Special by Odetta having a BPM of 99 with a half-time of 50 BPM and a double-time of 198 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.311 dB
Acousticness
81%
Danceability
71%
Energy
18%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
76%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
82%

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