Rare Earth's ' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2008. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The song is number 5 out of 12 in A Brand New World by Rare Earth. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, Papa Was a Rolling Stone is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.
The tempo marking of Papa Was a Rolling Stone by Rare Earth is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 116 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a moderate tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song has a musical key of G Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run Run Run | Jo Jo Gunne | E♭ Major | 8 | 5B | 136 BPM | ||
| China Grove | The Doobie Brothers | A Major | 9 | 11B | 146 BPM | ||
| Nowhere To Run | Martha Reeves & The Vandellas | D Minor | 8 | 7A | 129 BPM | ||
| Mony Mony | Tommy James & The Shondells | D Major | 8 | 10B | 131 BPM | ||
| Never Been Any Reason | Head East | G Major | 4 | 9B | 135 BPM | ||
| Spirits In The Night | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | A Major | 6 | 11B | 128 BPM | ||
| Frankenstein | The Edgar Winter Group | D Minor | 7 | 7A | 96 BPM | ||
| Will It Go Round In Circles - Single Version | Billy Preston | D♭ Major | 7 | 3B | 98 BPM | ||
| Jesus Is Just Alright with Me | The Doobie Brothers | E Minor | 7 | 9A | 136 BPM | ||
| All Along the Watchtower | Dave Mason | E Minor | 9 | 9A | 123 BPM | ||
| Smiling Faces Sometimes | Rare Earth | B♭ Minor | 5 | 3A | 90 BPM | ||
| One Way Out | Allman Brothers Band | A Major | 7 | 11B | 107 BPM | ||
| Bald Medusa | The Ides Of March | A Major | 9 | 11B | 101 BPM | ||
| Hand Me Down World - Single Version | The Guess Who | C Major | 8 | 8B | 202 BPM | ||
| Knock on Wood | Eddie Floyd | E Major | 3 | 12B | 105 BPM | ||
| Diamond Girl | Seals and Crofts | E Minor | 4 | 9A | 138 BPM | ||
| Liar | Argent | D Minor | 3 | 7A | 114 BPM | ||
| Struttin' My Stuff | Elvin Bishop | D Minor | 8 | 7A | 102 BPM | ||
| I Want to Take You Higher | Sly & The Family Stone | A Major | 8 | 11B | 103 BPM | ||
| Soul Finger | The Bar-Kays | E Major | 5 | 12B | 116 BPM | ||
| Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2 (2014 - Remaster) | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | D♭ Major | 8 | 3B | 128 BPM | ||
| I Just Want To Celebrate | Rare Earth | C Major | 6 | 8B | 89 BPM | ||
| Jesus Is Just Alright with Me - 2007 Remaster | The Doobie Brothers | E Minor | 5 | 9A | 134 BPM | ||
| Spinning Wheel | Blood, Sweat & Tears | G Major | 5 | 9B | 97 BPM | ||
| Song of Love | Stephen Stills | A♭ Major | 8 | 4B | 80 BPM |