What Child Is This? by The Lettermen Song Details

"What Child Is This?" by The Lettermen had its release date on January 1, 1990. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:10. This song does not appear to have any foul language. What Child Is This?'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 2 out of 12 in For Christmas This Year by The Lettermen. What Child Is This? 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 What Child Is This? by The Lettermen is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 81 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Minor. Because this track belongs in the C Minor key, the camelot key is 5A. So, the perfect camelot match for 5A would be either 5A or 4B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 5B or 6A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2A and a high energy boost can either be 7A or 12A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 4A would be a great choice. Where 8A would give you a moderate drop, and 3A or 10A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-15.343 dB
Acousticness
96%
Danceability
16%
Energy
18%
Instrumentalness
45%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
13%

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ISRC
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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records