Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison Song Details

Roy Orbison's ' "Blue Bayou" was released on its scheduled release date, 1963. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:31. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Blue Bayou's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" album is number 8 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Blue Bayou is currently below average in popularity. 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 Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 118 BPM, a half-time of 59BPM, and a double-time of 236 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of F Major. This also means that 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
-17.228 dB
Acousticness
47%
Danceability
51%
Energy
18%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
8%
Loudness
71%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
72%

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ISRC
USSM19805297
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records