Why Not? by Gentle Giant Song Details

Gentle Giant's ' "Why Not?" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1970. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:31, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The track order of this song in Gentle Giant's "Gentle Giant" album is number 6 out of 7. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Why Not? is currently below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Why Not? by Gentle Giant to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 161 BPM, a half-time of 80BPM, and a double-time of 322 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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.

Want to find the BPM and music key for other songs? Check out our BPM and Key Finder page!