Swimming Upstream by Ricky Van Shelton Song Details

On September 20, 1988, the song "Swimming Upstream" was released by Ricky Van Shelton. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:00. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in Ricky Van Shelton's "Loving Proof" album is number 1 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Swimming Upstream is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Swimming Upstream by Ricky Van Shelton to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 81 BPM, a half-time of 40BPM, and a double-time of 162 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of G Major. 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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