(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha by Jaco Pastorius Song Details

Jaco Pastorius's ' "(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha" was released on its scheduled release date, 1976. 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. The track order of this song in Jaco Pastorius's "Jaco Pastorius" album is number 8 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha's popularity 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

We consider the tempo marking of (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha by Jaco Pastorius to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 129 BPM, a half-time of 64BPM, and a double-time of 258 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 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Minor. Because this track belongs in the A Minor key, the camelot key is 8A. So, the perfect camelot match for 8A would be either 8A or 7B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 8B or 9A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5A and a high energy boost can either be 10A or 3A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 7A would be a great choice. Where 11A would give you a moderate drop, and 6A or 1A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-15.771 dB
Acousticness
25%
Danceability
46%
Energy
64%
Instrumentalness
93%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
76%

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ISRC
USSM19910107
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records