I Don't Know Why
Shawn Colvin
Fat City
4:38 October 27, 1992
BPM
147
Key
E Major
Camelot
12B

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I Don't Know Why by Shawn Colvin Song Details

"I Don't Know Why" by Shawn Colvin had its release date on October 27, 1992. 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. The song is number 11 out of 11 in Fat City by Shawn Colvin. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Based on our statistics, I Don't Know Why's popularity is below average in popularity 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 Don't Know Why by Shawn Colvin is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 147 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-14.044 dB
Acousticness
79%
Danceability
24%
Energy
25%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
16%

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ISRC
USSM10000756
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records