Short Life by Howard McGhee Song Details

On January 1, 1977, the song "Short Life" was released by Howard McGhee. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:57, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. There are a total of 23 in the song's album "The Savoy Sessions: Maggie". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of Short Life is currently unknown right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Short Life by Howard McGhee having a BPM of 184 with a half-time of 92 BPM and a double-time of 368 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.379 dB
Acousticness
98%
Danceability
49%
Energy
42%
Instrumentalness
38%
Liveness
18%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
82%

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ISRC
USSJ19500049
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records