Dancing In The Dark by Cannonball Adderley Song Details

Cannonball Adderley's 'Dancing In The Dark' had a release date set for 1958. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:07, 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. There are a total of 6 in the song's album "Somethin' Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of Dancing In The Dark is currently average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With Dancing In The Dark by Cannonball Adderley having a BPM of 185 with a half-time of 92 BPM and a double-time of 370 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

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
-7.503 dB
Acousticness
90%
Danceability
38%
Energy
25%
Instrumentalness
13%
Liveness
6%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
38%

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ISRC
USBN29800874
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records