What'd I Say, Pt. 1 by Ray Charles Song Details

On 1959, the song "What'd I Say, Pt. 1" was released by Ray Charles. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:08. 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. This song is part of What'd I Say (Pt.1 & 2) by Ray Charles. The song's track number on the album is #1 out of 2 tracks. Based on our data, United States was the country where this track was produced or recorded. The popularity of What'd I Say, Pt. 1 is currently below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since What'd I Say, Pt. 1 by Ray Charles has a tempo of 178 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Presto (very, very fast). With What'd I Say, Pt. 1 being at 178 BPM, the half-time would be 89 BPM with a double-time of 356 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-16.359 dB
Acousticness
82%
Danceability
40%
Energy
28%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
70%
Loudness
73%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
89%

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ISRC
USAT20901460
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records