One Step Ahead Of The Blues by J.J. Cale Song Details

On 1982, the song "One Step Ahead Of The Blues" was released by J.J. Cale. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:23. This song does not appear to have any foul language. One Step Ahead Of The Blues's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in J.J. Cale's "Grasshopper" album is number 3 out of 14. On top of that, Netherlands appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, One Step Ahead Of The Blues is currently below average in popularity. 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 One Step Ahead Of The Blues by J.J. Cale to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 118 BPM, a half-time of 59BPM, and a double-time of 236 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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