Contractor's Blues by Count Basie Song Details

Count Basie's 'Contractor's Blues' had a release date set for January 1, 1984. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. There is only one song in 88 Basie Street, so we believe that "Contractor's Blues" is a single. Based on our statistics, Contractor's Blues's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Contractor's Blues by Count Basie is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 126 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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