Why Me by Ruth Brown Song Details

On May 7, 1959, the song "Why Me" was released by Ruth Brown. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:23. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Why Me's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Ruth Brown's "Miss Rhythm (Remastered Edition)" album is number 4 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Why Me is currently not that popular. 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 Why Me by Ruth Brown to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 99 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 198 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 E♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 5B. So, the perfect camelot match for 5B would be either 5B or 6A. While, 6B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2B and a high energy boost can either be 7B or 12B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 5A or 4B will give you a low energy drop, 8B would be a moderate one, and 3B or 10B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 2A allows you to change the mood.

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