The Riddle Song
Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase
American Folk Tales and Songs
1:23 September 4, 1956
BPM
97
Key
E Major
Camelot
12B

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The Riddle Song by Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase Song Details

Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase's ' "The Riddle Song" was released on its scheduled release date, September 4, 1956. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:23, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The song is number 15 out of 15 in American Folk Tales and Songs by Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase. In terms of popularity, The Riddle Song is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Riddle Song by Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 97 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.639 dB
Acousticness
98%
Danceability
50%
Energy
6%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
50%

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ISRC
QM4TW1751027
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records