In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
Merle Haggard
Mama Tried/ Pride In What I Am
2:46 January 1, 2006
BPM
180
Key
E♭ Major
Camelot
5B

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In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) by Merle Haggard Song Details

Merle Haggard's ' "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2006. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:46. This song does not appear to have any foul language. In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried/ Pride In What I Am" album is number 4 out of 29. The popularity of In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) by Merle Haggard to be Presto (very, very fast) because the track has a tempo of 180 BPM, a half-time of 90BPM, and a double-time of 360 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music 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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Popularity
Loudness
-12.642 dB
Acousticness
63%
Danceability
45%
Energy
30%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
20%
Loudness
79%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
64%

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L-M Records/RCA Records