Tell Me What I Gotta Do by Al Jarreau Song Details

On 1986, the song "Tell Me What I Gotta Do" was released by Al Jarreau. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:01, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The track order of this song in Al Jarreau's "L Is for Lover" album is number 1 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Tell Me What I Gotta Do is currently below average in popularity. 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 Tell Me What I Gotta Do by Al Jarreau to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 90 BPM, a half-time of 45BPM, and a double-time of 180 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F♯ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-16.661 dB
Acousticness
24%
Danceability
60%
Energy
48%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
3%
Loudness
72%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
82%

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ISRC
USRH10801305
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records