Great Big Man by Don McLean Song Details

Don McLean's ' "Great Big Man" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1974. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:15. 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. The track order of this song in Don McLean's "Homeless Brother" album is number 8 out of 11. Based on our statistics, Great Big Man's popularity is not that popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Great Big Man by Don McLean to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 132 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 264 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

D Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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