Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer by Parliament Song Details

Parliament's ' "Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1970. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 10 in the song's album "Osmium". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer is 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 Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer by Parliament having a BPM of 87 with a half-time of 44 BPM and a double-time of 174 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. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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