Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? by Derek & The Dominos Song Details

Derek & The Dominos's 'Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?' had a release date set for November 1, 1970. 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 track order of this song in Derek & The Dominos's "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Remastered 2010)" album is number 9 out of 14. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?'s popularity is 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

We consider the tempo marking of Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? by Derek & The Dominos to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 126 BPM, a half-time of 63BPM, and a double-time of 252 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B♭ Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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