The Desperate Ones by Nina Simone Song Details

Nina Simone's 'The Desperate Ones' had a release date set for 1969. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "Nina Simone & Piano (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #10. In terms of popularity, The Desperate Ones is currently below average in popularity. 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

With The Desperate Ones by Nina Simone having a BPM of 112 with a half-time of 56 BPM and a double-time of 224 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. The time signature for this track is 5/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 1B. So, the perfect camelot match for 1B would be either 1B or 2A. While, 2B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10B and a high energy boost can either be 3B or 8B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 1A or 12B will give you a low energy drop, 4B would be a moderate one, and 11B or 6B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 10A allows you to change the mood.

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