The Watusi by Chubby Checker Song Details

On January 1, 1961, the song "The Watusi" was released by Chubby Checker. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:34. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Watusi's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Chubby Checker's "It's Pony Time/Let's Twist Again" album is number 2 out of 24. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. The Watusi 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 The Watusi by Chubby Checker to be Adagio (slowly with great expression) because the track has a tempo of 68 BPM, a half-time of 34BPM, and a double-time of 136 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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