Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin'
5:06 January 1, 1992
BPM
185
Key
E Major
Camelot
12B

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Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend by Lightnin' Hopkins Song Details

Lightnin' Hopkins's 'Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend' had a release date set for January 1, 1992. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The track order of this song in Lightnin' Hopkins's "Lightnin'" album is number 6 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend is currently not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend by Lightnin' Hopkins to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 185 BPM, a half-time of 92BPM, and a double-time of 370 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-19.766 dB
Acousticness
88%
Danceability
50%
Energy
13%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
67%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
26%

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ISRC
USFI86101046
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records