First There Was by Johnny Dowd, Maggie Brown Song Details

"First There Was" by Johnny Dowd, Maggie Brown had its release date on January 1, 2005. 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 "Presents Music from Searching for The Wrong Eyed Jesus". In this album, this song's track order is #11. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, First There Was's popularity is not that popular right now. 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 First There Was by Johnny Dowd, Maggie Brown having a BPM of 137 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 274 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.93 dB
Acousticness
97%
Danceability
42%
Energy
19%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
16%

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ISRC
USLB10510006
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records