Old Folks by Don Byas Song Details

Don Byas's ' "Old Folks" was released on its scheduled release date, August 22, 1995. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:02. 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 25 in the song's album "Savoy Jam Party: The Savoy Sessions". In this album, this song's track order is #17. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Old Folks is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Old Folks by Don Byas having a BPM of 71 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 142 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-14.135 dB
Acousticness
96%
Danceability
50%
Energy
10%
Instrumentalness
95%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
76%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
73%

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ISRC
USSJ19500037
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records