What Child Is This by Michael W. Smith Song Details

"What Child Is This" by Michael W. Smith had its release date on October 16, 2007. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:52. This song does not appear to have any foul language. What Child Is This's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Michael W. Smith's "It's A Wonderful Christmas" album is number 8 out of 11. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, What Child Is This is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of What Child Is This by Michael W. Smith to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 96 BPM, a half-time of 48BPM, and a double-time of 192 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. 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
-18.001 dB
Acousticness
96%
Danceability
38%
Energy
9%
Instrumentalness
93%
Liveness
6%
Loudness
70%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
11%

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ISRC
USA5W0700322
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records