How Can I by Alton Ellis Song Details

On 1999, the song "How Can I" was released by Alton Ellis. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:52. This song does not appear to have any foul language. How Can I's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "The Duke Reid Collection". In this album, this song's track order is #15. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, How Can I 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.

BPM and Tempo

With How Can I by Alton Ellis having a BPM of 105 with a half-time of 52 BPM and a double-time of 210 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. 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
-9.159 dB
Acousticness
97%
Danceability
76%
Energy
41%
Instrumentalness
5%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
85%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
87%

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ISRC
USQY51717180
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records