Merry-Go-Round by James Gang Song Details

On 1975, the song "Merry-Go-Round" was released by James Gang. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:04. 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 11 in the song's album "Newborn". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Based on our statistics, Merry-Go-Round's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Merry-Go-Round by James Gang having a BPM of 142 with a half-time of 71 BPM and a double-time of 284 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.435 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
49%
Energy
68%
Instrumentalness
2%
Liveness
44%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
90%

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