The Hippopotamus Song by John Lithgow Song Details

John Lithgow's ' "The Hippopotamus Song" was released on its scheduled release date, February 26, 1999. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:51. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Hippopotamus Song's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Singin' In The Bathtub". In this album, this song's track order is #13. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, The Hippopotamus Song is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With The Hippopotamus Song by John Lithgow having a BPM of 103 with a half-time of 52 BPM and a double-time of 206 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 1/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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