The Water is Wide by Pete Seeger Song Details

Pete Seeger's 'The Water is Wide' had a release date set for January 1, 1958. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:37, 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 song is number 16 out of 18 in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 by Pete Seeger. Based on our statistics, The Water is Wide'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

The tempo marking of The Water is Wide by Pete Seeger is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 132 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. This also means that 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
-20.105 dB
Acousticness
95%
Danceability
47%
Energy
7%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
66%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
25%

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