John Henry by John Jackson Song Details

John Jackson's ' "John Henry" was released on its scheduled release date, June 15, 2010. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:23. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 20 in the song's album "Rappahannock Blues". In this album, this song's track order is #14. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, John Henry is currently unknown. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With John Henry by John Jackson having a BPM of 117 with a half-time of 58 BPM and a double-time of 234 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate 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

This song is in the music key of A Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-13.306 dB
Acousticness
82%
Danceability
57%
Energy
20%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
71%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
41%

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ISRC
USSF10818114
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records