Barbara Ann by Jan & Dean Song Details

On January 1, 1962, the song "Barbara Ann" was released by Jan & Dean. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:21. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Barbara Ann's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Jan & Dean's "Golden Hits (Vol. 1)" album is number 7 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Barbara Ann is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Barbara Ann by Jan & Dean to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 86 BPM, a half-time of 43BPM, and a double-time of 172 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. 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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