What Am I Living For?
Taj Mahal
Phantom Blues
2:48 February 8, 1996
BPM
185
Key
B♭ Major
Camelot
6B

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What Am I Living For? by Taj Mahal Song Details

Taj Mahal's ' "What Am I Living For?" was released on its scheduled release date, February 8, 1996. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. What Am I Living For?'s duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "Phantom Blues". In this album, this song's track order is #10. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. The popularity of What Am I Living For? is currently not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With What Am I Living For? by Taj Mahal having a BPM of 185 with a half-time of 92 BPM and a double-time of 370 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Presto (very, very fast) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, 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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Popularity
Loudness
-6.776 dB
Acousticness
53%
Danceability
47%
Energy
43%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
7%
Loudness
89%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
57%

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ISRC
USPM19639100
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records