A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
Don Covay
Checkin' In With Don Covay
5:58 January 1, 1988
BPM
120
Key
G Major
Camelot
9B

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A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste by Don Covay Song Details

Don Covay's ' "A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1988. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:58, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. The song is number 7 out of 16 in Checkin' In With Don Covay by Don Covay. Based on our statistics, A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste's popularity is not that popular right now. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste by Don Covay is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 120 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.308 dB
Acousticness
16%
Danceability
60%
Energy
36%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
46%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records