This Bitter Earth by Aretha Franklin Song Details

"This Bitter Earth" by Aretha Franklin had its release date on February 18, 1964. 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. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #8. Based on our statistics, This Bitter Earth's popularity is not that popular 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

With This Bitter Earth by Aretha Franklin having a BPM of 137 with a half-time of 68 BPM and a double-time of 274 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

F Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-12.11 dB
Acousticness
84%
Danceability
30%
Energy
19%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
14%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
13%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records