Casey Jones (The Union Scab) by Pete Seeger Song Details

Pete Seeger's ' "Casey Jones (The Union Scab)" was released on its scheduled release date, May 19, 1998. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:58, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle" album is number 4 out of 26. Casey Jones (The Union Scab) is below average in popularity right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Casey Jones (The Union Scab) by Pete Seeger to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 77 BPM, a half-time of 38BPM, and a double-time of 154 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. 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 2B. So, the perfect camelot match for 2B would be either 2B or 3A. While, 3B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 11B and a high energy boost can either be 4B or 9B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 2A or 1B will give you a low energy drop, 5B would be a moderate one, and 12B or 7B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 11A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.044 dB
Acousticness
88%
Danceability
63%
Energy
30%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
34%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
15%
Valence
79%

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