Silent Night by Sufjan Stevens Song Details

Sufjan Stevens's 'Silent Night' had a release date set for November 21, 2006. With This song being less than a minute long, we are pretty confident that this song does not contain any foul language. That being said, this song is pretty short compared to other songs. There are a total of 42 in the song's album "Songs For Christmas". In this album, this song's track order is #1. In terms of popularity, Silent Night is currently average in popularity. 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 Silent Night by Sufjan Stevens having a BPM of 93 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 186 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 3/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-19.414 dB
Acousticness
89%
Danceability
42%
Energy
4%
Instrumentalness
77%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
68%
Speechiness
7%
Valence
34%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records