I'm Beginning to See the Light by Duke Ellington Song Details

Duke Ellington's ' "I'm Beginning to See the Light" was released on its scheduled release date, May 15, 1961. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:04. This song does not appear to have any foul language. I'm Beginning to See the Light's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Piano In The Background (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, I'm Beginning to See the Light's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With I'm Beginning to See the Light by Duke Ellington having a BPM of 135 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 270 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 4/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.756 dB
Acousticness
22%
Danceability
61%
Energy
56%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
33%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
9%
Valence
76%

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ISRC
USSM10307455
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records