Why Should I Pay by Gloria Gaynor Song Details

Gloria Gaynor's ' "Why Should I Pay" was released on its scheduled release date, February 18, 1977. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:38, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Gloria Gaynor's "Glorious (Expanded Edition)" album is number 1 out of 9. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Why Should I Pay's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Why Should I Pay by Gloria Gaynor to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 135 BPM, a half-time of 68BPM, and a double-time of 270 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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