Compensation by Nina Simone Song Details

"Compensation" by Nina Simone had its release date on 1969. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:35, 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. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "Nina Simone & Piano (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #5. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Compensation is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

With Compensation by Nina Simone having a BPM of 71 with a half-time of 36 BPM and a double-time of 142 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Adagio (slowly with great expression) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of E Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.48 dB
Acousticness
95%
Danceability
44%
Energy
18%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
12%

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ISRC
USRC11100690
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records