The Water is Wide by John Gorka Song Details

John Gorka's 'The Water is Wide' had a release date set for March 17, 1998. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:28, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. This song is part of Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger by Various Artists. The song's track number on the album is #3 out of 39 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. Based on our statistics, The Water is Wide's popularity is below average in popularity 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

Since The Water is Wide by John Gorka has a tempo of 143 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). With The Water is Wide being at 143 BPM, the half-time would be 72 BPM with a double-time of 286 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. This makes this song perfect for activities such as, jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.97 dB
Acousticness
92%
Danceability
50%
Energy
7%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
75%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
39%

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ISRC
USASR0502403
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records