Why by The Byrds Song Details

"Why" by The Byrds had its release date on 1967. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:45. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Why's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. This song is part of Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds. The song's track number on the album is #11 out of 18 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. In terms of popularity, Why is currently not that popular. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

Since Why by The Byrds has a tempo of 100 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Andante (at a walking pace). With Why being at 100 BPM, the half-time would be 50 BPM with a double-time of 200 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical 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
-13.619 dB
Acousticness
77%
Danceability
32%
Energy
44%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
32%
Loudness
77%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
11%

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ISRC
USSM16600023
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records