I Want to Be a Christian by Mahalia Jackson Song Details

Mahalia Jackson's 'I Want to Be a Christian' had a release date set for 1961. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:10. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The song is number 3 out of 10 in Everytime I Feel the Spirit by Mahalia Jackson. I Want to Be a Christian is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of I Want to Be a Christian by Mahalia Jackson is Adagio (slowly with great expression), since this song has a tempo of 69 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 is in the music key of C Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.358 dB
Acousticness
88%
Danceability
26%
Energy
15%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
14%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
23%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records