Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song) by Waylon Jennings Song Details

Waylon Jennings's ' "Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song)" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1987. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:31, 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 Waylon Jennings's "Hangin' Tough" album is number 10 out of 10. In terms of popularity, Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song) is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song) by Waylon Jennings to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 100 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 200 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

The music key of this track is A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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