Big John Is My Name by Rare Earth Song Details

On January 1, 1991, the song "Big John Is My Name" was released by Rare Earth. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:17, 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 Rare Earth's "Greatest Hits And Rare Classics" album is number 12 out of 20. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Big John Is My Name 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 Big John Is My Name by Rare Earth to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 89 BPM, a half-time of 44BPM, and a double-time of 178 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. This also means that 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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